Frank Moore Cross

The text says Deuteronomy was lost, but you say it was written then.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— Frank Moore Cross

The history of interpretation [of the Bible] is fascinating; but that is something else.

— Frank Moore Cross

We want to live in ambiguity. This is the human condition.

— Frank Moore Cross

I prefer to have all of this apparatus - historical, literary, critical - and then, beyond initial innocence and naiveté, to try…

— 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…

— 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…

— Frank Moore Cross

You have miracles [in the Hebrew Bible], yes, but they're not the work, normally, of demons.

— 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…

— Frank Moore Cross

If I ever write a book on "How True Is the Bible?" I'll have to start out by saying that archaeology is…

— Frank Moore Cross

If one attempts to achieve deity or to have the holy, he is thrown back; he is refused. His language is taken…

— Frank Moore Cross

I would not speak of Judaism as a Talmudic or Rabbinic religion. It's a Biblical religion.

— Frank Moore Cross

With the Hebrew Bible, you're living in an austere world.

— Frank Moore Cross

I find myself a little uncomfortable in the New Testament environment. And this is also true of what I would call late…

— Frank Moore Cross

I have a concordance to the Talmud at home, which I have to use.

— Frank Moore Cross

I grew up in a household in which the Bible played very little role.

— Frank Moore Cross

Frank [Moore Cross], publicly dissects the text but he has a private, passionate relationship to the text that he doesn't often speak…

— Frank Moore Cross

The Hebrew Bible defines Judaism. It's certainly true that the Talmudic interpretations become authoritative and normative, but they are interpretations of the…

— Frank Moore Cross

I try to look at the texts and say: Is there a way that I can find history in the texts and…

— Frank Moore Cross