Crucified Christ in Holy Week: Essays on the Four Gospel Passion Narratives

by Raymond Edward Brown

Overview

Each year during Holy Week the Church reads two different accounts of Jesus' passion. On Palm (Passion) Sunday the account is from one of the first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, or Luke), while on Good Friday it is always from John. Thus the liturgy makes it possible to note how very different the Gospel passions are, each one offering a unique vantage point from which to see and understand a crucified Christ.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814614440
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	12/01/1986
Series:	Raymond Brown Series
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	598,147
Product dimensions:	5.47(w) x 8.55(h) x 0.25(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   7
General Observations on the Passion Narratives   9
The Passion According to Mark   21
The Passion According to Matthew   34
The Passion According to Luke   47
The Passion According to John   57
Diverse Portrayals of the Crucified Jesus   68
 

Editorial Reviews

This volume is worthy of recognition. . . . It is well written, pastorally sensitive and possesses a clear theological focus.
Catholic Journalist


Brown has the uncanny ability to introduce the critical scholarship to the general reader in a manner that both invokes interest and raises pertinent questions in the mind.
Conrad Hoover, Sojourner

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