I try to look at the texts and say: Is there a way that I can find history in the texts and separate it from what may be the mythological elements, and I don't find any rules for that.

I think we may very well, in many areas, get likelihood, but not certitude. We don't want certitude anyway, do we?

My father was a Social Gospel, far-left liberal, and to some degree a mystic. But we did not have Bible readings; we had prayers.

The history of interpretation [of the Bible] is fascinating; but that is something else.

Elie [Wiesel], when you ask, "Why do I want to know," I'm trying to grab the holy. And I'm getting thrown back.

Frank [Moore Cross], publicly dissects the text but he has a private, passionate relationship to the text that he doesn't often speak of publicly.

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