We have a text before us, an ancient text, a living text, and we try to enter it, not only to decipher it, but to penetrate it, to become part of it, similar to the way every student becomes part… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
We differ [with Frank Moore Cross] simply because of our differing backgrounds. — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
The Bible is a book that has shaped my life, my beliefs, my ethics, my moral concerns, my religious outlook. This is not something,… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
I know that the Bible has been a central influence in [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] lives - but in a very different… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
I think that there are these two very different sides to my relation to the Bible: one, my professional life; the other, a more… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
As long as I'm giving a little hype, I can't resist saying that Elie [Wiesel] has also written a number of pieces for Bible… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, Elie Wiesel is also the author of more than 40 books. As relevant as anything to today's… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
Frank Moore Cross is also a leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, which he's been since they were discovered more than 50 years ago. He's… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
In my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature. — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
I think that there is a certain schizophrenic aspect to my own relation to the Bible. — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
I've been on a faculty in a university, and I felt it was incumbent on me to deal with the Bible not as something… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
At McCormick Theological Seminary I had to take Hebrew, so I began to read prophetic poetry, and suddenly it became the life I wanted… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
For 35 years, Frank Cross held one of the most prestigious chairs in academia: the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
![“We have a text before us, an ancient text, a living text, and we try to enter it, not only to decipher it, but to penetrate it, to become part of it, similar to the way every student becomes part of a teacher's texture. That's how I see our [with Frank Moore Cross] two differing approaches.” quote by Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3db/hershel-shanks-25800_ancient_we-have-a-text-before-us-an-ancient-text_2833144.jpg)
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![“I know that the Bible has been a central influence in [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] lives - but in a very different way. In truth, you inhabit very different Biblical worlds.” quote by Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a11/hershel-shanks-25800_bible_i-know-that-the-bible-has-been-a-central_315652.jpg)
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![“Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, Elie Wiesel is also the author of more than 40 books. As relevant as anything to today's discussion are the insights into the Biblical texts that are contained in his lectures and books. They include Messengers of God [1976], Five Biblical Portraits [1978]…” quote by Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/327/hershel-shanks-25800_biblical_awarded-the-nobel-peace-prize-in-1986-el_864515.jpg)
