Raymond E. Brown and the Catholic Biblical Renewal - Hardcover

Senior CP, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809106442 ISBN 13: 9780809106448

Publisher: Paulist Press, 2018

Synopsis

Distinguished biblical scholar Donald Senior has written a comprehensive, analytical and critical, and deeply appreciative biography of one of greatest biblical scholars of the 20th century that locates him within the sweep and drama of the Catholic biblical renewal, especially in the United States. Exploring the life of Raymond Brown is also to be plunged into one of the most remarkable periods in the history of the Catholic Church. Brown's exceptional personal gifts and his formative experiences explain a lot about his future professional life and the impact it had on the Catholic Church in the United States. At the same time, tracking the evolution of his publications and his reflections on his methodology illumines the struggle within Roman Catholicism to absorb historical critical methods of studying the Bible, while attempting at the same time to maintain Catholic tradition and doctrine. Brown stood at the very epicenter of that struggle, a struggle whose reverberations are still part of the atmosphere of Catholicism today.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald Senior, CP, is president emeritus of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, IL, and a leading scholar of the New Testament. His Paulist Press books include Jesus: A Gospel Portrait and the coauthored Invitation to the Gospels.

Review:

Fr. Raymond Brown could hold his ground with the most eminent Scripture scholars, but he saw his mission to be that of a priest offering spiritual nourishment to all God's people. Fr. Don Senior's biography allows the reader not only to look over Fr. Brown's shoulder and observe him at work - it provides a glance into the heart on fire with the love of the word of God and zealous to kindle that same fire in our hearts --Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago

About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0809106442
• ISBN 13: 9780809106448
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376