The New Jerome Biblical Commentary

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Summary: The real Raymond Brown
Review: Two quotes will suffice as follows. Page 1159 states: "Literary criticism, however, does not view the text as a "window" onto a historical world...but as a "mirror" reflecting a world into which the reader is invited. In other words, the referent of the text as such is not the "real world" of history (e.g., exodus or crucifixion) but the literary world signified by the text. In the case of the biblical texts, the literary world is generated by the theological interpretation of the reality (e.g., escape from Egypt as divine liberation for covenant life; the death of Jesus as salvific paschal mystery)"
Page 1149 states: "The distinction between the author's thought world and the message he conveys in writing is important in discussing the limits of biblical inerrancy."

Raymond Brown is more of a heretic than a champion scholar. Most should really read what he is saying and realize it is NOT CATHOLIC.