Prominent Bible scholar, member of the Sulpician Fathers, and respected professor of biblical studies, Raymond Edward Brown was one of the first Roman Catholic scholars to analyze the Bible using historical-critical methodology. Controversial in some Catholic circles and celebrated in others, Brown remains an important figure in the Catholic Church and in the landscape of twentieth-century biblical scholarship. This collection brings together four volumes of his best work. Read his thoughts on biblical exegesis and Church doctrine, learn from his reflections on the roles of priests and bishops, dive into his guide to important archaeological finds, and much more.

This work, published in 1955, is a dissertation Brown wrote at St. Mary’s University in Baltimore. It deals with the notion of sensus plenior or “fuller sense,” a term in biblical exegesis first used by Andres Fernandez, S.J. in the late 1920s. This new hermeneutic classification sparked a complicated dispute in Catholic circles in the years following, to which Brown adds his voice in this text. Brown defines sensus plenior as “that additional, deeper meaning, intended by God but not clearly intended by the human author, which is seen to exist in the words of a biblical text (or group of texts, or even a whole book) when they are studied in the light of further revelation or development in the understanding of revelation.” Brown explores the use of Scripture in its various senses through the ages, explains the divisions of sensus plenior and its relations to other senses of Scripture, examines the objections raised against it, and much more.

Raymond Edward Brown is lauded as the finest New Testament scholar of his time in America. Always brilliant and occasionally controversial, Brown pioneered the use of the historical-critical method of scriptural analysis among Catholics and was the first Catholic professor to gain tenure at Union Theological Seminary. His works were influential—particularly those on Christology, Johannine literature, and the birth and death of Jesus Christ.

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