My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know" or "I didn't know." Then comes a period, followed by "Am I my brother's keeper?" Elie Wiesel More Quotes by Elie Wiesel More Quotes From Elie Wiesel I'm not a military man. I wish I were, then maybe I could give some advice. Elie Wiesel military giving men Occasionally, I come to moments of anguish in the text. Elie Wiesel anguish moments Josiah has a tremendous reputation in the text. He rediscovered the Book of the Law; you remember how Hilkiah the High Priest somehow found it [2 Kings 22:8]. Elie Wiesel kings law book Except that a human being is both the public and the private. We are both, private and public in the same person. Elie Wiesel human-beings humans persons If the Book of the Law could be forgotten for so many years, who knows what was done to it during those years? Maybe it was lost later, too. And another one replaced it, and that one is no longer the original text. These are questions that perturb me much more than whether it's history or not history. Elie Wiesel law book years As for the discipline, we [me and Frank Moore Cross] belong to two different disciplines. One involves research and archaeological materials. Mine is more interpretive. But it is the love for the text that is there, and that is what makes the whole adventure of reading and studying and sharing worthwhile. Elie Wiesel reading adventure two I respect scholarship. But I don't like to do things half-heartedly. Elie Wiesel scholarship half What I do, I want to do with all my being. Elie Wiesel want All I hope is that the American coalition is doing its best to prevent civilian casualties and the killing of innocent people. Elie Wiesel innocent killing people Weapons means killing. Weapons is ah, I'm simply sensitive to the word. Elie Wiesel killing weapons mean It's not a weapon, [governments] don't kill, they don't conduct massacres, although massacres have been committed and many people were killed, but they stifle religion, they're afraid probably. Elie Wiesel government weapons people 'Indifference to evil is equal to evil' because it strengthens people. Elie Wiesel indifference evil people It's not only America. Terrorism now is a threat to the whole world. Elie Wiesel terrorism america world Words can be turned into spears. They can be turned into prayers. It's a strange world that you are in. But you deal with words. Elie Wiesel strange prayer world We've sort of agreed that the account of Adam and Eve is a story. Elie Wiesel adam-and-eve adam stories One day - I remember it was a Sabbath afternoon - I came to the synagogue with a book in my hand. I saw a commentary on the Bible by a certain Rabbi Moshe Dessauer, better known as Moses Mendelssohn. An elderly man came up to me - I was then maybe 10 or 12. "What are you studying?" he said. "Dessauer's commentaries," I said. So he gave me a slap on my face. Elie Wiesel elderly men book I developed an anger at [Moses] Mendelssohn. Later, I read the book. I realized there was nothing subversive in it. Elie Wiesel mendelssohn moses book I remember when I heard the words "Biblical criticism" in my town, it was with disdain: "Biblical criticism? How dare you?". Elie Wiesel biblical towns criticism I became one of [Moses Mendelssohn] defenders. But then I heard the words "Biblical criticism" again. And, of course, afterward, I studied it more closely. Elie Wiesel moses biblical criticism Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text. Elie Wiesel rabbi touch-me attitude
