Hebrew Bible Scholar and Devoted Mentor Frank Moore Cross Passes Away at 91Background here and links.
By Michelle S. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Published: Monday, October 22, 2012
Friends and family mourned the passing of former professor Frank Moore Cross—a loving father, a wild mushroom and rhododendron enthusiast, and a great scholar of the Hebrew Bible.
The former Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at the Harvard Divinity School passed away on Wednesday in Rochester, New York, at age 91.
“It really is the end of an era,” said Professor Peter Machinist ’66, a colleague and former student of Cross.
Cross is renowned for his contributions to the interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls and for serving as a dedicated and inspring mentor to many students over the years. Cross advised over 100 dissertations during his 35 years as a profesor at Harvard.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Cross obituary in The Crimson
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