My father's religious life was not Biblically centered. He was a saintly man, whom I could never emulate, so I went into scholarship rather than into the kind of pastoral activity that he pursued.
That is to say, the inspiration, the interpretive richness of the text is what Elie [Wiesel] does publicly, and his interest in history is his privat… - Frank Moore Cross
That is to say, the inspiration, the interpretive richness of the text is what Elie [Wiesel] does publicly, and his interest in history is his privat…
- Frank Moore Cross
I think we may very well, in many areas, get likelihood, but not certitude. We don't want certitude anyway, do we? - Frank Moore Cross
I think we may very well, in many areas, get likelihood, but not certitude. We don't want certitude anyway, do we?
If one attempts to achieve deity or to have the holy, he is thrown back; he is refused. His language is taken from him. He can no longer even communi… - 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 from him. He can no longer even communi…
[Sacrifice of Isaac] is a major theme of the so-called Elohist [one authorial strand in the Pentateuch]. It is marked by all of his linguistic charac… - 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 of his linguistic charac…
We want to live in ambiguity. This is the human condition. - Frank Moore Cross
We want to live in ambiguity. This is the human condition.
It fascinates me to analyze these things and, yes, to see layers in the texts and the building up of Biblical literature. I think this provides insig… - Frank Moore Cross
It fascinates me to analyze these things and, yes, to see layers in the texts and the building up of Biblical literature. I think this provides insig…
My own interest is far more in the Hebrew Bible. My religion is more personally related to the Hebrew Bible than it is to the New Testament. - Frank Moore Cross
My own interest is far more in the Hebrew Bible. My religion is more personally related to the Hebrew Bible than it is to the New Testament.
I have referred to [Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] on occasion, but I doubt that you will find his name in any of my indices. In my view, he is important in… - Frank Moore Cross
I have referred to [Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] on occasion, but I doubt that you will find his name in any of my indices. In my view, he is important in…
Israel defined its God and its relation to that God in existential, relational terms. They did not, until quite late, approach the question of one Go… - 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 question of one Go…
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