John Robert McRay was an archaeologist, and professor emeritus of New Testament at Wheaton College.
10 Facts About John McRay
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John McRay directed archaeological excavations in Israel, and "his articles have appeared in [several] encyclopedias and dictionaires".
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John McRay "has lectured widely on archaeology and the Bible at various colleges, universities, professional meetings and churches in the United States".
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John McRay died at the age of 86 on August 24,2018, in Nashville, Tennessee.
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John McRay studied at the Hebrew University, at the Ecole biblique et archeologique francaise de Jerusalem, and at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
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From 1956 to 2002, McRay taught at four colleges: Harding University, Lipscomb University, Middle Tennessee State University and Wheaton College.
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From 1980 John McRay joined the Wheaton's faculty, and until 2002, he taught in biblical studies at Wheaton College.
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John McRay supervised excavating teams in the Holy Land for almost 8 years in Caesarea, Sepphoris, and Herodium in Israel.
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John McRay was an expert in the languages, cultures, geography, and history of Israel-Palestine.
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John McRay was associate to the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, American Schools of Oriental Research, and a member of the editorial boards of Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, Archaeology in the Biblical World and the Bulletin for Biblical Research, published by Institute for Biblical Research.