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Robert H. Pfeiffer, Curator of the Semitic Museum and lecturer in Semitic Languages, was named yesterday to the Hancock Professorship of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages. The appointment was announced by Paul H. Buck, Provost of the University...
...Pfeiffer directed the 1928-29 excavations at Nuzi, Iraq, conducted by the Harvard-Baghdad School. A noted Biblical scholar, he was pastor of the Methodist Church in Sanborn, N.Y., from 1916 to 1919 and editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature from 1943 to 1947. In 1950 he served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis...
Chairman Robert H. Pfeiffer admits that his department will appeal to only a small specialized group: future Near Eastern scholars, future rabbis, future ministers, future philologists, and future historians of religion. If you are not definitely interested in one of these professions, stay away from this field. The requirements are difficult and its dollar-appeal is just about non-existant...
Concentrators will need a knowledge of Greek, Latin, German, French, and two Semitic languages by the time they are finished. Consolation is available in the fact that Pfeiffer and Harry A. Wolfson, Littauer Professor of Semitic Literature, are probably the country's top teachers, in this field...
...jacket of the new volume includes quotes from Robert H. Pfeiffer, lecturer on Semitic Languages and curator of the Peabody Museum, who commented on the interesting and revolutionary nature of the book. Nevertheles, Pfeiffer stated yesterday. "I disagree completely with his conclusions...