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A review by leswag97
The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke by Raymond E. Brown
5.0
“[T]he infancy narratives are worthy vehicles of the Gospel message; indeed, each is the essential Gospel story in miniature.” (7)
An impressive and thorough work on the infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke. Brown leaves no stone unturned in his analysis. Though Brown leans too heavily on source criticism and his (or anyone’s) ability to parse out which verses or passages arose from which pre-Matthean/Lukan source, his primary focus still remains on the final form of the infancy narratives as we now have them.
This was my first time reading this tome cover to cover, and it was well worth the time and the effort. I will likely return to this book many times throughout my life.
An impressive and thorough work on the infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke. Brown leaves no stone unturned in his analysis. Though Brown leans too heavily on source criticism and his (or anyone’s) ability to parse out which verses or passages arose from which pre-Matthean/Lukan source, his primary focus still remains on the final form of the infancy narratives as we now have them.
This was my first time reading this tome cover to cover, and it was well worth the time and the effort. I will likely return to this book many times throughout my life.