An Adult Christ at Christmas
Liturgical Press (Verlag)
978-0-8146-0997-2 (ISBN)
In this digest of his longer work, The Birth of the Messiah, Father Brown puts the adult Christ back into Christmas, treating the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke as the entire Gospel story in miniature.
Fr. Raymond E. Brown, D.D., (1928-1998) was the Auburn Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Author of some twenty-five 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) he was a member of the Roman Pontifical Biblical Commission. Time magazine has called him "probably the premier Catholic Scripture scholar in the U.S."
Contents
Foreword 7
Introduction
On Putting an Adult Christ Back into Christmas 1
The First Christmas Story (Matthew 2:1-23)
The Meaning of the Magi; the Significance of the Star 10
The Second Christmas Story (Luke 2:1-40)
Part I (2:1-21):
The Meaning of the Manger; the Significance of the Shepherds 15
Part II (2:22-40):
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple 25
The Third Christmas Story (Luke 2:41-52)
The Finding of the Boy Jesus in the Temple 37
Verlagsort | Collegeville, MN |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 137 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 85 g |
Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8146-0997-X / 081460997X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8146-0997-2 / 9780814609972 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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