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> [ The history of interpretation \[of the Bible\] is fascinating; but that is something else. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/the-history-of-interpretation-of-the-bible-is-fascinating-but-that-is/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

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> [It has been said that in order to pursue the history of Biblical interpretation, you must include the whole philosophy of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/it-has-been-said-that-in-order-to-pursue-the-history-of-biblical/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

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> [The Hebrew Bible defines Judaism. It's certainly true that the Talmudic interpretations become authoritative and normative, but they are interpretations of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/the-hebrew-bible-defines-judaism-it-s-certainly-true-that-the/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

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> [ I have referred to \[Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac\] on occasion, but I doubt that you will find his name in any of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/i-have-referred-to-rabbi-shlomo-ben-isaac-on-occasion-but-i-doubt/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

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## More by Frank Moore Cross

> [The text says Deuteronomy was lost, but you say it was written then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/the-text-says-deuteronomy-was-lost-but-you-say-it-was-written-then/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [If I had to choose between the two ways of approaching the deity, I should prefer the existential relational way, to the abstract philosophical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/if-i-had-to-choose-between-the-two-ways-of-approaching-the-deity-i/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [ \[Sacrifice of Isaac\] is a major theme of the so-called Elohist \[one authorial strand in the Pentateuch\]. It is marked by all of his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/sacrifice-of-isaac-is-a-major-theme-of-the-so-called-elohist-one/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [My father's religious life was not Biblically centered. He was a saintly man, whom I could never emulate, so I went into scholarship rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/my-father-s-religious-life-was-not-biblically-centered-he-was-a/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [When you come to the New Testament you can't even swing a cat without hitting three demons and two spirits. And magic becomes something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/when-you-come-to-the-new-testament-you-can-t-even-swing-a-cat-without/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [ \[The story of Adam and Eve\] it's poetry. One must interpret it as poetry. The first 11 chapters of Genesis \[the Primeval History\] are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/the-story-of-adam-and-eve-it-s-poetry-one-must-interpret-it-as-poetry/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [Israel defined its God and its relation to that God in existential, relational terms. They did not, until quite late, approach the question of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/israel-defined-its-god-and-its-relation-to-that-god-in-existential/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [ Elie \[Wiesel\], when you ask, "Why do I want to know," I'm trying to grab the holy. And I'm getting thrown back. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/elie-wiesel-when-you-ask-why-do-i-want-to-know-i-m-trying-to-grab-the/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [ The history of interpretation \[of the Bible\] is fascinating; but that is something else. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/the-history-of-interpretation-of-the-bible-is-fascinating-but-that-is/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [We want to live in ambiguity. This is the human condition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/we-want-to-live-in-ambiguity-this-is-the-human-condition/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [I prefer to have all of this apparatus - historical, literary, critical - and then, beyond initial innocence and naiveté, to try to achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/i-prefer-to-have-all-of-this-apparatus-historical-literary-critical/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [We are thrown back on the text, for the most part. Archaeology can give us background. It doesn't either confirm or disprove the Bible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/we-are-thrown-back-on-the-text-for-the-most-part-archaeology-can-give/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [It has been said that in order to pursue the history of Biblical interpretation, you must include the whole philosophy of the West, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/it-has-been-said-that-in-order-to-pursue-the-history-of-biblical/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [ You have miracles \[in the Hebrew Bible\], yes, but they're not the work, normally, of demons. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/you-have-miracles-in-the-hebrew-bible-yes-but-they-re-not-the-work/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/i-guess-what-this-is-reflecting-is-my-own-search-for-answers-that-i/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

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