Charles C TorreyCharles Cutler Torrey (1863 - 1956) was regarded the dean of American Semitic language scholars. He founded the American School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and served twice as editor of JAOS. Torrey was known for his idiosyncratic but stimulating vies and his arguments remain formidable and are still taken seriously, even if they do not agree with general scholarly consensus.
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