A Coming Christ in Advent
Raymond E. Brown, S.S., (1928-1998) was the Auburn  Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies at Union  Theological Seminary in New York City. He was author of  some forty books on the Bible and past president of three of  the most important biblical societies in the world. By  appointment of two popes (Paul VI in 1972, John Paul II in  1996) Brown was a member of the Roman Pontifical Biblical  Commission.Timemagazine called him "probably the  premier Catholic Scripture scholar of the U.S."