Talk:To the Hebrews

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Raymond Brown commentary

Nathan, I'm in the market for a good New Testament commentary--how strongly would you recommend Raymond Brown's book? Are there others you'd recommend? Anyone else have any recommendations? Thanks in advance. --RobertC 04:59, 25 Feb 2006 (UTC)

Robert, I am not such a great person for this. I like Raymond Brown, although his work is less of a commentary than a text book on New Testament studies. For a straight commentary, I went with the New Jerome Biblical Commentary. My understanding is that the first edition of this commentary was essentially the first English-language post-Vatican II Catholic commentary. It contains a nihil obstat from the Catholic Church. In other words, it is scholarlly and sophisticated, but also religiously sensitive in a Catholic sort of way. I really like it. --Nathan Oman 17:51, 27 Feb 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the recommendation—and for the new Latin phrase (nihil obstat = official approval, literally "nothing hinders"). --RobertC 03:24, 28 Feb 2006 (UTC)
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