Curriculum Vitae
Born July 13, 1921 in Ross, California, son of Frank Moore and Mary Emma (nee Ellison) Cross; married Elizabeth Anne Showalter, June 20, 1947; children: Susan Elizabeth Summer, Ellen Cross Gindele, and Priscilla Rachel Cross.
| B.A. | Maryville College, 1942 |
| B.D. | McCormick Theological Seminary, 1946 |
| Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University [Semitic Languages], 1950 |
| M.A. (honoris causa) | Harvard University, 1958 |
| Litt.D. (h.c.) | Maryville College, 1968 |
| D.Phil. (h.c.) | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1984 |
| D.Sc. (h.c.) | The University of Lethbridge, 1990 |
| D.H.L. (h.c.) | Miami University (Ohio), 1992 |
| D.H.L. (h.c.) | Albright College, 1994 |
| Doctor of Hebrew Letters (h.c.) | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1997 |
| D.H.L. (h.c.) | University of Pennsylvania, 1998 |
Junior Instructor in Semitic Languages, Johns Hopkins University, 1949—1950; Instructor in Biblical History, Wellesley College, 1950—1951; Instructor in Old Testament, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1951—1953; Assistant Professor, 1954—1955; Associate Professor, 1955—1957; Associate Professor of Old Testament, Harvard Divinity School, 1957—1958.
Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 1958—1992; Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Emeritus, 1992.
Chairman, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 1958—1965.
Chairman, Standing Committee of Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1965-1968
Syndic of the Harvard University Press, 1964-1968
Member, Standing Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology, 1967-1992
Curator, Harvard Semitic Museum, 1958—1961
Director, Harvard Semitic Museum 1974—1987
Annual Professor, American Schools of Oriental Research, Jerusalem, 1953—1954
Director, Hebrew Union College Archaeological School, Jerusalem, 1963—1964
President, The Biblical Colloquium, 1966—1968
President, The Society of Biblical Literature, 1973—1974
President, The American Schools of Oriental Research, 1974—1976
Co-director, Expedition to the Judaean Buqeiah, 1955
Principal Investigator, Punic Excavations of the American Schools of Oriental Research—Harvard—Michigan Expedition to Carthage, 1975-1980
Co-director, Sardinia Coastal Survey Project, 1984—1989
Member, International Committee for Editing the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1953—
Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies, 1971-1972
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1978-1979
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member, American Philosophical Society
Phi Beta Kappa, John Hopkins University
Percia Schimmel Prize in Archaeology (The Israel Museum), 1980
William Foxwell Albright Award in Biblical Scholarship (Centennial of the Society of Biblical Literature), 1980
Medalla de Honor de la Universidad Complutense (University of Madrid), 1991
Gratz College Centennial Award for From Epic to Canon: History and Literature in Ancient Israel (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998)
Lifetime Award in Textual Studies, The National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 2004
Honorary Member, Israel Exploration Society
Honorary Member, Society for the Study of the Old Testament (Great Britain)
Editor, Harvard Semitic Monographs, 1968-1992
Chairman, Editorial Committee, and Editor, Harvard Semitic Studies, 1968-1992
Chairman, Old Testament Board, Hermeneia, A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible (1970—2002)
Associate Editor, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1969-1991
Consulting Editor, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1992—
Member of the Editorial Board:
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The Biblical Archaeologist, 1955-1982
The Harvard Theological Review, 1963-1974
Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 1975—
Trustee, American Schools of Oriental Research, 1973-1991
Honorary Trustee, American Schools of Oriental Research, 1991—
Trustee, Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center, 1979—1996; Lifetime Honorary Trustee, 1997—
Trustee, Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, 1992—