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I really don't teach the way Professor [Frank Moore] Cross does. I don't teach the text the same way he does. I teach Biblical themes, Biblical events.

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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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I think that human beings are capable of the worst things possible.
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