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Raymond E. Brown

August 8, 1998

American priest and biblical scholar (1928–1998)

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Raymond Edward Brown, born May 22, 1928, died August 8, 1998, is an American Sulpician priest, theologian, biblical scholar and exegete. Appointed in 1972 and 1996 to serve on the Pontifical Biblical Commission, which advises the Pope on scriptural matters, and professor for 23 years at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, he acquired a great reputation as one of the best biblical scholars and New Testament specialists in the United States.

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