~ Charles Cutler Torrey (1863-1956), American scholar

Charles Cutler Torrey (1863-1956) was an American scholar.

Biography

Historian, archaeologist. Professor of Semitic Languages at the University of Andover (1892-1900) and Yale University (1900-1932). Founder of the American School of Archaeology in 1901.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Commercial-Theological Terms in the Koran (1892 Torrey), book

• The Jewish Foundations of Islam (1933 Torrey), book

• The Apocryphal Literature (1945 Torrey), book

• Lives of the Prophets (1946 Torrey), book

External links

• Wikipedia