In retrospect, thanks for pointing it out. I had no idea how harsh I sounded until I reread it. 🤦♂️
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Thank you everyone. I think I’ll pass on this one due to some strange views he is presenting.
Now that Matillo has considered his options (I agree with DAL), there's 2 resources on March sale, in the critical-mold for others' consideration:
This one gets some kudos from surprising sources (eg Neusner). And it's being compared to Schweitzer's Quest:
https://www.logos.com/product/52868/a-myth-of-innocence-mark-and-christian-origins
The second one looks directly at 'miracles' in the period surrounding Jesus. The question surrounds what a 1st century person would consider unusual (even Paul's dangerous opponents had 'the power').
https://www.logos.com/product/7957/the-jewish-context-of-jesus-miracles
Both of these won't meet ones devotional needs, suffice it to say.
"God will save his fallen angels and their broken wings He'll mend."
From my perspective, which--I, too, am Catholic--is really not very friendly to the late Fr. Brown's school of thought, he is nonetheless necessary reading and makes many valuable points.
As a historical critical scholar, he was excellent, in his time. One of the best.
His exegesis does seem to have become more sympathetic to a traditional Catholic reading as he neared the end of his life.
Nonetheless, I read him not because I think he is always right, or because I think he was doing the right thing in general, but because he did a better job of what he was doing than just about anyone else doing it ever had done or has done since. I also highly doubt anyone--Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, or Jewish--who could plausibly claim to be in his league would disagree with that assessment. He's decently readable, too.
How would I correct his work? Well, let me point you to Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's 1988 essay on the subject, republished and available from Faithlife with the title "Biblical Interpretation in Conflict: On the Foundations and the Itinerary of Exegesis Today."
"The saints are the true interpreters of Holy Scripture. The meaning of a given passage of the Bible becomes most intelligible in those human beings who have been totally transfixed by it and have lived it out." - Pope Benedict XVI