The Bible is one, Old and New, in my particular tradition.

I would not speak of Judaism as a Talmudic or Rabbinic religion. It's a Biblical religion.

With the Hebrew Bible, you're living in an austere world.

I have referred to [Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] on occasion, but I doubt that you will find his name in any of my indices. In my view, he is important in the history of interpretation; and that is a subject I have not approached directly.

I sense that what you two [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] share is that you each have a public relationship to the Biblical text and a somewhat private relationship to the Biblical text.

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

I became intimately acquainted with the Bible only as a theological student.