Raymond Edward Brown

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Raymond Edward Brown SS was an American Catholic priest, a member of the Sulpician Fathers and a prominent biblical scholar. He was regarded as a specialist concerning the hypothetical "Johannine community", which he speculated contributed to the authorship of the Gospel of John, and he also wrote influential studies on the birth and death of Jesus. Brown was professor emeritus at Union Theological Seminary (UTS) in New York where he taught for 29 years. He was the first Catholic professor to gain tenure there, where he earned a reputation as a superior lecturer. Brown was one of the first Catholic scholars to apply historical-critical analysis to the Bible. As biblical criticism developed in the 19th century, the Catholic Church opposed this scholarship and essentially forbade it in 1893. In 1943, however, the Church issued the papal encyclical Divino Afflante Spiritu, which authorised Catholic scholars to investigate the Bible historically. Brown called this encyclical the "Magna Carta of biblical progress." The Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) further supported the method of higher criticism, which, Brown felt, vindicated his approach. Brown remains controversial among traditionalist Catholics because of their claim that he denied the inerrancy of the whole of scripture and cast doubt on the historical accuracy of numerous articles of the Catholic faith. Some conservatives were angered at his questioning of whether the virginal conception of Jesus could be proven historically. He was regarded as occupying the center ground in the field of biblical studies, opposing the literalism found among many fundamentalist Christians while not carrying his conclusions as far as many other scholars.

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Novo comentário bíblico São Jerônimo Antigo Testamento
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An introduction to the Gospel of John
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Recent Discoveries & the Biblical World
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Priest and bishop
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Christ in the Gospels of the ordinary Sundays
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A retreat with John the Evangelist
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The death of the Messiah
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An introduction to the New Testament
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Reading the Gospels with the church
Representative edition published 1996
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Faith and the future
Representative edition published 1994
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A once-and-coming Spirit at Pentecost
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An introduction to New Testament Christology
Representative edition published 1994
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The birth of the Messiah
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The New Jerome Bible handbook
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A risen Christ in Eastertime
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The New Jerome biblical commentary
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101 questions and answers on the Bible
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Responses to 101 questions on the Bible
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Schriftauslegung im Widerstreit
Representative edition published 1989
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A coming Christ in Advent
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The Gospel and Epistles of John
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An adult Christ at Christmas
Representative edition published 1988
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A crucified Christ in Holy Week
Representative edition published 1986
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Biblical exegesis and church doctrine
Representative edition published 1985
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