Academia Quote by Hershel Shanks

We differ [with Frank Moore Cross] simply because of our differing backgrounds.

— Hershel Shanks

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

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

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

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

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

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

In my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature.

— Hershel Shanks

I think that there is a certain schizophrenic aspect to my own relation to the Bible.

— Hershel Shanks

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

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

Most of my professional work has been in these areas - as a historical critic, as a literary critic. I've done very little in…

— Hershel Shanks