Dr. F.L. Schapiro, professor of Hebrew philology at Moscow University, died in the Soviet Union a week ago, according to reports reaching here today. He was 70.
Dr. Schapiro was about to put the final work on a Hebrew dictionary, scheduled for early Soviet publication, when he died, according to the information reaching here.
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