Saturday 30 July 2011

Raymond Brown on theologians

To the jaundiced eye of a biblical scholar it often seems as if theologians phrase their theories of inspiration by reflecting on books like Genesis, the Gospels, and Romans; they might do better by trying their theories out on the first nine chapters of 1 Chronicles!


Raymond E. Brown, The Critical Meaning of the Bible, p.7.
Posted by Gavin R at 20:33

5 comments:

  1. Bruce Hamill30 July 2011 at 21:25

    What sort of theory of inspiration would lead one to treat the first 9 chapters of Chronicles as if they were as relevant as the gospels (or Genesis or Revelation)?

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  2. Anonymous31 July 2011 at 01:57

    Too funny!

    But then, you'd have to actually read the first 9 chapters of Chronicles to get the joke.

    It never ceases to amaze me that the world is so filled with turkeys.

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  3. Deane Galbraith31 July 2011 at 10:26

    Excellent quote!

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  4. Anonymous31 July 2011 at 11:38

    "But then, you'd have to actually read the first 9 chapters of Chronicles to get the joke."

    I LOLed, would LOL again.

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  5. Jeremy2 August 2011 at 02:36

    This is one of my favorite of Raymond Brown's books.

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