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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.