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

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 grew up in a household in which the Bible played very little role.

[The story of Adam and Eve] it's poetry. One must interpret it as poetry. The first 11 chapters of Genesis [the Primeval History] are absolutely remarkable.

What is public for you, Elie [Wiesel], is private for Frank [Moore Cross], and the reverse.

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.

You have miracles [in the Hebrew Bible], yes, but they're not the work, normally, of demons.