Marvin H. Pope

Marvin Hoyle Pope (June 23, 1916 – June 13, 1997) was a scholar of ancient Semitic languages, including Ugaritic and Iron Age Hebrew. He served in the faculty of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University from 1949 to 1986 before taking emeritus status, but continued work as a research scholar afterward.

He served on the committee of the National Council of Churches that created the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) translation of the Bible, specializing in the Old Testament.

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