22+ Hershel Shanks Quotes On Education, Death And Bible

Hershel Shanks is an American editor and publisher best known for founding the Biblical Archaeology Review in 1975. He is also a lawyer, a lecturer, and the author of several books on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other biblical topics. Shanks is the editor-in-chief of the Biblical Archaeology Society, which publishes the Biblical Archaeology Review. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Hershel Shanks on leadership, education, life.

Top 10 Hershel Shanks Quotes

1. I think that there are these two very different sides to my relation to the Bible: one, my professional life; the other, a more private concern, interest and fascination with the Bible.
2. At McCormick Theological Seminary I had to take Hebrew, so I began to read prophetic poetry, and suddenly it became the life I wanted to spend.
3. [My father was ] Presbyterian [minister]. But I did not take the Bible seriously until I was forced to take Hebrew at McCormick Theological Seminary.
4. To treat the history of Israel as I would treat the history of England or Russia or China; that is, an attempt at a scientific, historical approach.I am particularly fascinated with origins.
5. In my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature.
6. I think that there is a certain schizophrenic aspect to my own relation to the Bible.
7. 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.
8. Elie Wiesel has for years served as the moral compass of the civilized world. For many of us, including me, he has defined the Holocaust.
9. It would be hard to find a more influential book of Biblical studies than his Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic [1973].
10. 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 Quotes About Bible

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 I was attempting to convert people to, or to have them enter into my religious experience, but rather as an academic and scientific discipline. — 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, however, that I have taught or written about. This has been, if you wish, a private aspect. — 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 way. In truth, you inhabit very different Biblical worlds. — Hershel Shanks

I don't think there is any other professional Bible scholar who is more respected and honored [like Frank Moore Cross]. — Hershel Shanks

Hershel Shanks Famous Quotes And Sayings

I see history in Pentateuch. I see revealed truth in it. I see in it human holiness as much as divine inspiration. Wherever you open it, any page, you know that you are in the presence of something that exists nowhere else. — Hershel Shanks

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

For 35 years, Frank Cross held one of the most prestigious chairs in academia: the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University. I believe that's the third oldest university chair in the country. — 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 the history of interpretation [as Elie Wiesel has]. I've been interested in it, but I have not contributed to that field, really. — Hershel Shanks

We [with Frank Moore Cross] have the same fervor, the same passion when in front of us is a page, a unique page - every page is unique - of the Pentateuch. — 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 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. — Hershel Shanks

We have a text before us, an ancient text, a living text, and we try to enter it, not only to decipher it, but to penetrate it, to become part of it, similar to the way every student becomes part of a teacher's texture. That's how I see our [with Frank Moore Cross] two differing approaches. — 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 just completing an edition of one of the most significant scrolls for Biblical studies, the Book of Samuel from the Dead Sea Scrolls. — Hershel Shanks

Life Lessons by Hershel Shanks

1. Hershel Shanks taught us that the power of the written word can be used to effect positive change and to challenge the status quo.
2. He also demonstrated the importance of research and critical thinking when it comes to uncovering the truth.
3. Lastly, he showed us that it is possible to make a real difference in the world through the power of journalism.