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> [Israel defined its God and its relation to that God in existential, relational terms. They did not, until quite late, approach the question of one God in an abstract philosophical way.](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/)

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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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