Reading the Gospels with the Church: From Christmas through Easter
Digital Logos Edition
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Overview
In Reading the Gospels with the Church, Raymond E. Brown begins with the passages read by the Church during the seasons dedicated to the great events of Christ’s life: Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. One of the most prominent biblical scholars of our time, Brown offers a fascinating introduction to the riches of the Gospels, in style accessible to everyone.
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Key Features
- Reflects on the readings used by the Church in its most sacred seasons
- Presents the wisdom of prominent biblical scholar Raymond E. Brown
- Provides an accessible introduction to Scripture
Contents
- The Church and the Bible: A New Understanding
- How to Understand the Gospels
- The Christmas Season: The Infancy Narratives
- Lenten Stories From John’s Gospel: Water, Light and Life
- Holy Week: The Passion Narratives
- The Passion Narratives and Anti-Judaism
- The Easter Season: The Resurrection Narratives
- The Fundamentalist Challenge: A Catholic Response
Top Highlights
“It is not accidental that Matthew’s Joseph (of whom elsewhere the Gospels seem to know nothing other than his name) is the principal New Testament figure to receive revelation in a series of dreams and the only one to go down to Egypt.” (Page 28)
“In other words, there is a fundamental understanding that the identity of Jesus is a divine revelation, not a human deduction.” (Page 25)
“But Jesus was dealing with Jews. How was his demand to be applied once Christianity began to be preached among the Gentiles? Jewish women could not divorce Jewish men, but in many Gentile areas women could divorce men. Mark 10:12 (and Mark alone) has a second demand: If a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. Jesus probably never said that, but it was the obvious corollary of his teaching as the preachers encountered this new possibility.” (Page 14)
“This means that Stage Three of Gospel formation moved the end-product Gospels still another step farther from being literal records of the ministry of Jesus (Stage One). Not only did decades of developing and adapting the Jesus tradition through preaching intervene in Stage Two, but the evangelists themselves reshaped what they received.” (Page 18)
“In the outlook of faith, Divine Providence gave us four different Gospels, not a harmonized version; and it is to the individual Gospels, each with its own viewpoint, that we should look. Harmonization, instead of enriching, impoverishes.” (Page 19)
Praise for the Print Edition
. . . probably the premier Catholic Scripture scholar in the US.
—Time
About the Author
Raymond Edward Brown (May 22, 1928–August 8, 1998) was a Sulpician priest and Bible scholar. He taught for many years at Saint Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore and was professor emeritus of biblical studies at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. Over his lifetime he was awarded more than dozen honorary doctorates from American and European universities and was commended by Pope Paul VI for his “learning, prudence, and Catholic regard for the Magisterium of the Church.” Brown authored many works, including three books in the Anchor Yale Bible series on the Gospels and Epistles of John.
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