Background

Barton, George Aaron was born on November 12, 1859 in Farnham, Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of Daniel and Mary Stevens (Bull) Barton.

Education

Studied at Haverford College. Harvard University. Acknowledged minister of the Society of Friends since 1879. Teacher of Higher Mathematics and Classics in Friends’ School, Providence, 1884-S9.

Master of Arts; Doctor of Philosophy.

Career

Caroline (adopted); married second, Katherine Blye Hagy, June 6, 1931. Teacher, mathematics and classics, Friends’ School, Providence, 1884-1889. Lecturer Haverford College, 1891-1895.

Professor Biblical literature and Semitic langs., Bryn Mawr College, 1891-1922. Professor, Semitic langs., and history of religion, University of Pennsylvania, 1922-1932, professor emeritus since 1932. Professor, N. Test. literature and language, Divinity School, Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1921-1937, professor emeritus since 1937.

Acknowledged minister, Society of Friends (Orthodox), 1879-1918. Deacon, 1918; priest, 1919, Protestant Episcopal Church Director American School Oriental Research in Baghdad, 1921-1934. Secretary and treasurer, American Schools of Oriental Research, 1918-1934.

President Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1913-1914. President American Oriental Society, 1916-1917. President, Philadelphia Society Archæol.

Institute of America, 1916-1925.

Works

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  • The Roots Of Christian Teaching As Found In The Old Testament [FACSIMILE]

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  • A Dance With Dragons (Part Two): After the Feast: Book 5 of a Song of Ice and Fire

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  • The Roots of Christian Teaching as Found in the Old Testament (Paperback)(French) - Common

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  • The roots of Christian teaching as found in the Old Testament - Scholar's Choice Edition

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  • A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes (The International Critical Commentary)

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  • The heart of the Christian message

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  • The Roots of Christian Teaching As Found May: The Old Testament (Classic Reprint)

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  • The Roots Of Christian Teaching As Found In The Old Testament

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  • The Roots of Christian Teaching as Found in the Old Testament (Hardback) - Common

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  • The heart of the Christian message 1912 [Hardcover]

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  • A CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL COMMENTARY
  • ***RE-PRINT*** The heart of the Christian message

Membership

Member American Philosophical Society, Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Victoria Institute of Great Britain. Fellow Society of Arts, London.

Member Harvard Biblical.

Connections

Married Caroline Brewer Danforth, June 26, 1884 (died May 30, 1930).; married second, Katherine Blye Hagy, June 6, 1931.