James Alan Montgomery, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Episcopalian priest and Biblical scholar
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About James Alan Montgomery
- James Alan Montgomery (June 13, 1866 – February 6, 1949) was an American Episcopalian clergyman, Oriental scholar, and biblical scholar who was professor of Old Testament and Semitics (Hebrew and Aramaic), first at the Philadelphia Divinity School, and later, from 1913 to 1948, at the University of Pennsylvania.
- He served as president of the American Oriental Society and Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis.Montgomery was born in Germantown, Philadelphia, the eldest son of Thomas Harrison Montgomery, a businessman, and Anna Morton Montgomery.
- He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, and the Philadelphia Divinity School in 1890.
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