Frank Moore Cross

1921 - 2012

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Maryville College, McCormick Theological Seminary, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, Ensley High School

occupation: theologian, historian, university teacher, archaeologist

award received: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Percia Schimmel Prize

Frank Moore Cross Jr. (July 13, 1921 – October 16, 2012) was the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University, notable for his work in the interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, his 1973 magnum opus Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, and his work in Northwest Semitic epigraphy. Many of his essays on the latter topic have since been collected in Leaves from an Epigrapher's Notebook. Source: Wikipedia (en)