Father Raymond Brown has a strong claim to be the most distinguished of American New Testament scholars, and he has few competitors worldwide.
The New York Times A stunning array of fresh insights into how the passion stories came into being and whatscene by scenethe four Evangelists really say about the arrest and crucifixion of Jesus.
Newsweek The Death of the Messiahis first of all a scholarly work, but it is also enjoyably readable and accessible to the interested layman.
Newsday Breathtaking! Raymond E. Brown's
The Death of the Messiahcrowns two millennia of Christian scholarship pondering the 'scandal of the crucifixion.' Brown has once again demonstrated his position as Father, Rabbi and teacher to us all. Burton L. Visotzky, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
The supreme achievement of a deeply pastoral scholar. Sandra M. Schneiders, Jesuit School of Theology and Graduate Theological Union
The benchmark by which any future study of the Passion Narratives will be measured. John P. Meier, University of Notre Dame
These volumes are a treasure that spans the ages. Phyllis Trible, Wake Forest University Divinity School
Over his illustrious career, Raymond E. Brown, S.S., Ph.D., was internationally regarded as a dean of New Testament scholars. He was Auburn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, received over thirty honorary degrees from Catholic and Protestant universities worldwide, and was elected a (Corresponding) Fellow of the British Academy and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition to serving as president of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Society of New Testament Studies, two popes appointed Father Brown as the sole American on the Pontifical Biblical Commission. Some of the best knownl3-
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