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Oct 18 Blog

The End of an Era

By: Hershel Shanks

We knew it would happen, but it’s still a shock. Frank Cross is dead. I will leave it to scholars to write of his scholarly accomplishments. I will write only of what I know: He stood at the very pinnacle of the profession, universally respected and admired. When he spoke, others stood in awe. The Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University, the third oldest endowed academic chair in the United States, Cross was a specialist in the Dead Sea Scrolls, in obscure ancient languages, in the science of dating ancient inscriptions based on shape of the letters, in the Biblical text and in archaeology, to name but a few.

Aug 29 Blog

Volkmar Fritz (1938–2007)

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Volkmar Fritz died on August 21, 2007, at the age of 69 in Bad Schwartau, Germany, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He is survived by his devoted wife Anke and four children. Volkmar came to Israel in 1964 after having completed his theological studies in Tübingen, Berlin, Heidelberg, Bonn and Marburg, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1968...

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