J. Frederic McCurdy

James Frederic McCurdy (1847–1935), born in Chatham, New Brunswick, was Professor of Oriental Languages, University College, Toronto, Canada.International Congress of Arts and Science: Law and religion Howard Jason Rogers - 1908 - OLD TESTAMENT SCIENCE BY JAMES FREDERICK M'CURDY [James Frederick McCurdy, Professor of Semitic Languages, University College, Toronto, Canada, b. Chatham, New Brunswick, 1847. He studied at the University of New Brunswick, then at the University of Göttingen and University of Leipzig,{{Cite web |url=http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol10No2/HV10N2Harrak.html |title=Beth Mardutho: Hugoye |access-date=2011-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121212328/http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol10No2/HV10N2Harrak.html |archive-date=2012-01-21 |url-status=dead }} then Princeton Theological Seminary under William Henry Green. His main area of study was the origins of ancient Hebrew and linguistic archeology.The Academy and literature: 1882 "I do not understand Mr. McCurdy's argument (p. 56) that, since only one symbol stood for the Hebrew f and P in the Phoenician alphabet, the two sounds must have been differentiated after the invention of the latter." He was one of the scholars who held to the view that the ancient Israelites already had an advanced literary culture at the time of the migration from Canaan to Egypt.The antiquity of Hebrew writing and literature: Alvin Sylvester Zerbe - 1911 "That the Hebrews at their migration to Egypt and subsequently were not the uncivilized horde of the Grafians, but somewhat advanced in the arts is a thesis defended by historians from Ewald to Kittel and McCurdy. ..."