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 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
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