“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] and his just-published Wise Men and Their Tales - Portraits of Biblical, Talmudic and Hasidic Masters.”
![“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)
![“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 Review, for which I serve as editor.” quote by Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/170/hershel-shanks-25800_editors_as-long-as-i-m-giving-a-little-hype-i-ca_701770.jpg)
![“I sense that what you two [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] share is that you each have a public relationship to the Biblical text and a somewhat private relationship to the Biblical text.” quote by Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c90/frank-moore-cross-14963_biblical_i-sense-that-what-you-two-elie-wiesel-an_2178317.jpg)
![“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)
![“I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking.” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d2/oliver-d-crisp-12863_bible_i-recommend-doug-sweeney-s-recent-book-j_1302304.jpg)
![“We differ [with Frank Moore Cross] simply because of our differing backgrounds.” quote by Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/177/hershel-shanks-25800_backgrounds_we-differ-with-frank-moore-cross-simply_83466.jpg)
![“Most of my professional work has been in these areas - as a historical critic, as a literary critic. I've done very little in the history of interpretation [as Elie Wiesel has]. I've been interested in it, but I have not contributed to that field, really.” quote by Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6fd/hershel-shanks-25800_areas_most-of-my-professional-work-has-been-in_2052259.jpg)
![“The fall [of your soul] from perfection into duality...was naturally followed by the discovery of the duality of good and evil...This is the Biblical version of a myth known to many lands.” quote by Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ff/joseph-campbell-300_biblical_the-fall-of-your-soul-from-perfection-in_22526.jpg)
![“[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer and liturgy, of the sacraments, and of the way in which we have an in-built sense of the divine that we suppress to our great sorrow - these are all immense contributions to…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ef/oliver-d-crisp-12863_believer_john-calvin-s-treatment-of-the-person-an_62415.jpg)
![“The words 'God is love' conclude a biblical warning, not a warm and fuzzy slogan. 'He who doesn't love [his neighbor] doesn't love God, for God is love.'” quote by Mel White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b1b/mel-white-21177_bible_the-words-god-is-love-conclude-a-biblica_70631.jpg)