Reflections on My Time at the Recent John, Jesus, and History Conference, Part I
Attending the John, Jesus, and History Conference this past November (20-22) at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, MD, was an important trip for so many reasons, most of them centered on Fr. Raymond Brown and his legacy, palpable to this day at the seminary.
Father Brown's time at the seminary, where he was the recipient of three degrees as a student (the S.T.B., 1951, the S.T.L., 1953, and the S.T.D. in 1955), combined with his service as a professor of Scripture studies (1959-1971), left an indelible mark on the community at St. Mary's. One of the ways in which the seminary has remembered Fr. Brown is in the form of a beautiful library, the Raymond E. Brown Johannine collection, a collection consisting of some 1,700 monographs from Fr. Brown's private study.
Michael Gorman, the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology, at St. Mary's was nice enough to give me a personal tour of the library. Here is a photo of the two of us outside the library, with a portrait of Fr. Ray in the background:
Attending the John, Jesus, and History Conference this past November (20-22) at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, MD, was an important trip for so many reasons, most of them centered on Fr. Raymond Brown and his legacy, palpable to this day at the seminary.
Father Brown's time at the seminary, where he was the recipient of three degrees as a student (the S.T.B., 1951, the S.T.L., 1953, and the S.T.D. in 1955), combined with his service as a professor of Scripture studies (1959-1971), left an indelible mark on the community at St. Mary's. One of the ways in which the seminary has remembered Fr. Brown is in the form of a beautiful library, the Raymond E. Brown Johannine collection, a collection consisting of some 1,700 monographs from Fr. Brown's private study.
Michael Gorman, the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology, at St. Mary's was nice enough to give me a personal tour of the library. Here is a photo of the two of us outside the library, with a portrait of Fr. Ray in the background:
(From L-R): Fr. Raymond E. Brown, Andrena Telford, Marion ("Marty") Soards at The Universal Exposition in Seville, Spain in July, 1992. From the private collection of William R. Telford.
Fr. Raymond E. Brown lecturing at Colgate Rochester Divinity School ca. 1980. From the private collection of Beverly R. Gaventa.
Fr. Raymond Brown with Beverly Gaventa at Colgate Rochester Divinity School ca. 1980. From the private collection of Beverly R. Gaventa.
Associated Sulpicians of the U.S. Archives, Associated Archives of St. Mary's Seminary & University, used with permissions.
