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Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph. D. (1861-1921) was an American Orientalist, the son of Marcus (Morris) Jastrow. He was born in Warsaw, graduated at Penn in 1881, travelled to Europe and studied at Leipzig and Paris, returned to the United States, and became professor of Semitic languages and librarian at Penn. He became president of the American Oriental Society in 1915.Jastrow, Morris is the author of 'Religion of Babylonia and Assyria', published 2007 under ISBN 9781406527346 and ISBN 1406527343.
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