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.
I became intimately acquainted with the Bible only as a theological student.
The Bible is one, Old and New, in my particular tradition.
I have a concordance to the Talmud at home, which I have to use.
What is public for you, Elie [Wiesel], is private for Frank [Moore Cross], and the reverse.
I find it exciting to get any historical material from the ground. As you know, I love to put ancient Israel and its literature into their ancient contexts. And to rebuild - that is, to me, a very exciting historical task.