Frank Moore Cross

Frank Moore Cross
Frank Moore Cross
Born	Frank Moore Cross Jr.; July 13, 1921; Ross, California, US
Died	October 2012 (aged 91); Rochester, New York, US
Spouse	Betty (m. 1947; died 2009)
Academic background
Alma mater	Maryville College (BA); McCormick Theological Seminary (BDiv); Johns Hopkins University (PhD);
Doctoral advisor	William F. Albright
Academic work
Institutions	Harvard University
Doctoral students	James R. Davila; Sidnie White Crawford; Richard Elliott Friedman; Choon-Leong Seow; Lawrence Stager; Michael E. Stone;
Notable students	Burgess Carr
Main interests	Hebrew Bible; Northwest Semitic epigraphy; Dead Sea Scrolls;
Notable works	The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies (1958); Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (1973);

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.

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