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The Disciples' Prayer

The Prayer Jesus Taught in its Historical Setting

by Jeffrey B. Gibson

  • Paperback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: Fortress Press,U.S.
  • 15 x 22.7 x 0.6 cm

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Christians around the world recite the "Lord's Prayer" daily, but what exactly are they praying for - and what relationship does it have with Jesus' own context? Jeffrey B. Gibson reviews scholarship that derives the so-called Lord's Prayer from Jewish synagogal prayers and refutes it. The genre of the prayer, he shows, is petitionary, and understanding its intent requires understanding Jesus' purpose in calling disciples as witnesses against "this generation." Jesus did not mean to teach a unique understanding of God; the prayer had its roots in first-century Jewish movements of protest. In context, Gibson shows (pace Schweitzer, Lohmeyer, Davies, Allison, and a host of other scholars) that the prayer had little to do with "calling down" into the present realities of "the age to come." Rather, it was meant to protect disciples from the temptations of their age and, thus, to strengthen their countercultural testimony. Gibson's conclusions offer new insights into the historical Jesus and the movement he sought to establish.
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  • Author

    Jeffrey B. Gibson

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Fortress Press,U.S.

  • Published

    June 2015

  • Weight

    373g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 0.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781451490251

  • ISBN-10

    1451490259

  • Eden Code

    4317437

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