“Happily, I come out of a Calvinist tradition in which the Hebrew Bible carries as much authority as the New Testament. No different weight is given to one or the other.” DifferentGivenAuthorityTraditionWeightCarrieTestamentNew TestamentHebrewHebrew Bible Author: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.” InterestMy OwnRelatedTestamentNew TestamentHebrewHebrew Bible Author:Frank Moore Cross
“I find myself a little uncomfortable in the New Testament environment. And this is also true of what I would call late Judaism, the Judaism of the Second Temple and later.” LittlesEnvironmentLateUncomfortableTemplesTestamentJudaismNew Testament Author:Frank Moore Cross
“When you come to the New Testament you can't even swing a cat without hitting three demons and two spirits. And magic becomes something that is everywhere. In the Hebrew Bible this sort of thing doesn't go on.” TwoSpiritThreeMagicGoes OnCatDemonSwingsHittingTestamentNew TestamentHebrewHebrew Bible Author:Frank Moore Cross