There are surely many legitimate approaches to Biblical literature, and I think that it depends very much on one's experience and temperament which way one deals primarily with Biblical material.

It has been said that in order to pursue the history of Biblical interpretation, you must include the whole philosophy of the West, which informs it at every stage.

There are surely many legitimate approaches to Biblical literature, and I think that it depends very much on one's experience and temperament which way one deals primarily with Biblical material.

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

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

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 guess what this is reflecting is my own search for answers that I can't find. Frank [Moore Cross] and I have examined a lot of archaeological materials in the hope of finding out.