We differ [with Frank Moore Cross] simply because of our differing backgrounds. — Hershel Shanks Backgrounds 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… — Hershel Shanks Aspect Copy Share Image
I know that the Bible has been a central influence in [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] lives - but in a… — Hershel Shanks Bible 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,… — Hershel Shanks Bible 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… — Hershel Shanks Editors 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… — Hershel Shanks Biblical 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… — Hershel Shanks Biblical Copy Share Image
In my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature. — Hershel Shanks Bible Copy Share Image
I think that there is a certain schizophrenic aspect to my own relation to the Bible. — Hershel Shanks Aspect 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… — Hershel Shanks Academic 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… — Hershel Shanks Hebrew 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… — Hershel Shanks Academia Copy Share Image
Most of my professional work has been in these areas - as a historical critic, as a literary critic. I've done very… — Hershel Shanks Areas Copy Share Image
To treat the history of Israel as I would treat the history of England or Russia or China; that is, an attempt… — Hershel Shanks Approach Copy Share Image
Elie Wiesel has for years served as the moral compass of the civilized world. For many of us, including me, he has… — Hershel Shanks Civilized Copy Share Image
We [with Frank Moore Cross] have the same fervor, the same passion when in front of us is a page, a unique… — Hershel Shanks Crosses Copy Share Image
I don't think there is any other professional Bible scholar who is more respected and honored [like Frank Moore Cross]. — Hershel Shanks Bible Copy Share Image
[My father was ] Presbyterian [minister]. But I did not take the Bible seriously until I was forced to take Hebrew at… — Hershel Shanks Bible 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… — Hershel Shanks Ancient Copy Share Image
Both of you [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] are giants, dare I say nephilim [giants; see Genesis 6:4; Numbers 13:33], in your world. — Hershel Shanks Crosses Copy Share Image
It would be hard to find a more influential book of Biblical studies than his Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic [1973]. — Hershel Shanks Biblical Copy Share Image
I see history in Pentateuch. I see revealed truth in it. I see in it human holiness as much as divine inspiration.… — Hershel Shanks Divine Copy Share Image
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