A Retreat With John the Evangelist: That You May Have Life [Paperback]

Raymond Edward Brown (Author)

Book Description

Series: Retreat with | Publication Date: August 15, 1998

The last book of eminent Scripture scholar Raymond E. Brown, this work was published the day before his death in August, 1998. This book is a seven-day retreat with spiritual director John the Evangelist, author of the fourth Gospel. Through his artful appearance in the role of "translator" for John, Brown wove the evangelist's words into a week of prayer and deepening acquaintance, ending with a list of resources to help readers continue this relationship. Available now.

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Father Brown illustrates the pastoral potential of sound biblical scholarship. -- America

The merit of this little work is how seamlessly Bown interweaves historical-critical scholarship into a deeply felt spirituality. --Commonweal

About the Author

Raymond E. Brown, S.S., was a Sulpician priest and Auburn Distinguished
Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Union Theological Seminary in New
York City, at the time of his death in August 1998. He was twice appointed a

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press (August 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0867163534
• ISBN-13: 978-0867163537
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #682,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian Living > Worship

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and Prayerful, January 23, 2000

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This review is from: A Retreat With John the Evangelist: That You May Have Life (Paperback)

The last book published by Raymond E Brown prior to his death, it combines serious scholarship and prayerful reflection on the author of the Fourth gospel. The reader gets the feeling that Brown knew the "beloved disciple" on a personal basis. Many of the insights he shares about the community of the beloved disciple and the significance of the Fourth Gospel are profound and deeply moving. A book that is a real page turner.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glee, November 6, 2005

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This review is from: A Retreat With John the Evangelist: That You May Have Life (Paperback)

I am a Catholic deacon, educated in a conservative seminary, and I can witness categorically that Fr. Raymond Brown is acknowledged to be the premier Catholic Scriptural scholar of the last 50 years, and among the finest if not the finest of all faiths for that period as well. The breath of his knowledge (in several languages),his orthodoxy and at the same time his openness and contributions to the revelations of ongoing scholarship and study is awe-inspiring. It is not a boast but a statement of my great pleasure and blessing to say I have read every book he has written.

It was therefore such a special joy to read this "On Retreat With" volume Fr. Brown wrote, for herein he indulges himself and allows himself creativity and humor that he did not permit himself in his other writings. It was a joy to behold him free in this book, like a frisky colt allowing himself freedom gambol in fertile green fields, and to write with creativity and humor. So we have inthis book the double joy of unsurpassed insights into St. John the Evangelist, and into the contemporary genius of Fr. Brown.

I have read most of the "On Retreat With" books (a joy in my life is taking seven-day self-directed retreats on the ocean, and I make it a practice to bring several "On Retreat with" books with me each retreat), and this one is the best of the lot (followed closely by that on Brother Lawrence). Let me say that once again if I may, this one is the best of the series.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Faith Combined with Genius, April 27, 2005

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Cardslvr (virginia, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Retreat With John the Evangelist: That You May Have Life (Paperback)

F. Brown probably would wince at anyone calling him a "genius", but, in our time, there is no other biblical commentator who can bring the wonders of the Bible more clearly to thoughtful lay persons than he can. His knowledge of the Johannine corpus is encyclopedic - his ability to synthesize the full range of scholarship on a subject is amazing, and, then, and only, then dos he give the reader his position. His "The Community of the Beloved Disciple" is the seminal work on that subject - God had other plans, but I do wish he had had time to finish his update of his two-volume commentary on the Fourth Gospel...