For 35 years, Frank Cross held one of the most prestigious chairs in academia: the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University. I believe that's the third oldest university chair in the country.
Hershel ShanksI think that there is a certain schizophrenic aspect to my own relation to the Bible.
Hershel ShanksIn my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature.
Hershel ShanksI see history in Pentateuch. I see revealed truth in it. I see in it human holiness as much as divine inspiration. Wherever you open it, any page, you know that you are in the presence of something that exists nowhere else.
Hershel Shanks