The text says Deuteronomy was lost, but you say it was written then.

My own interest is far more in the Hebrew Bible. My religion is more personally related to the Hebrew Bible than it is to the New Testament.

If I ever write a book on "How True Is the Bible?" I'll have to start out by saying that archaeology is not the way to find out; that it has very little to say.

I have a concordance to the Talmud at home, which I have to use.

In fact, we're both [with Elie Wiesel] engaged with the text. We search for different things, we find different things. There is a side of what he does that I'd like to do, a bit more privately. I'm not sure he is as interested in history, as I am.

The Garden of Eden presents the same story: If you want to make yourself gods, you'll find you're akin to the animals.

The text says Deuteronomy was lost, but you say it was written then.