A Coming Christ in Advent

by Raymond E Brown

Overview

Father Brown reflects here not only on those annunciations of Jesus' forthcoming birth in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but also on the beautiful canticles, the Magnificat and the Benedictus, and on the origins of Jesus as given in the first words of the New Testament.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814615874
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	10/01/1988
Series:	Raymond Brown Ser.
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	72
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Fr. Raymond E. Brown, S.S., (1928-1998) was the Auburn Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was author of some forty books on the Bible and past president of three of the most important biblical societies in the world. By appointment of two popes (Paul VI in 1972, John Paul II in 1996) Brown was a member of the Roman Pontifical Biblical Commission. Time magazine called him "probably the premier Catholic Scripture scholar of the U.S."

Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword   5
Chapter 1  The Origin and Purpose of the Infancy Narratives   7
Chapter 2  The Genealogy of Jesus Christ  (Matthew 1:1-17)   16
Chapter 3  The Annunciation to Joseph  (Matthew 1:18-25)   27
Chapter 4  The Annunciation to Zechariah and the Birth of the Baptist  (Luke 1:5-25, 57-66, 80)   40
Chapter 5  The Benedictus  (Luke 1:67-79)   49
Chapter 6  The Annunciation to Mary, the Visitation, and the Magnificat  (Luke 1:26-56)   60