Strata: BAR Welcomes New Board Members

Four distinguished scholars and archaeologists have joined BAR’s editorial advisory board:

Frank M. Cross is a professor emeritus at Harvard University. A leading Dead Sea Scroll scholar, he is the senior author of the recently published Qumran Cave 4, XII: 1-2 Samuel, which is Volume XVII in the series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. He is a former president of the Society of Biblical Literature and of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

J. Harold Ellens is a research scholar at the University of Michigan. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Psychology and Christianity and served for 15 years as the executive director of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies. He has authored, coauthored or edited numerous books, including The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4 volumes), published in 2003.