The Lord’s Prayer

Edited by Loren T. Stuckenbruck Edited by Michael Tilly Edited by Beth Langstaff

Book cover: The Lord’s Prayer

Extent: 332 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2022)

ISBN: 9783161614408

6.42 x 9.41 inches

Price: $209.00

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The contributions in this volume are the result of an international symposium held at the University of Tubingen in October 2018. They examine the Lord’s Prayer in conversation with Jewish traditions, relate it to New Testament theology, and explore its reception history in early Christianity.


The Lord’s Prayer belongs at the core of Christian tradition. There is hardly any text of the New Testament more frequently cited in liturgical, group, and private settings. The contributions in this volume are the fruitful result of an international symposium held at the University of Tubingen in early October 2018. The volume examines the Lord’s Prayer in conversation with Jewish tradition, situates it in relation to New Testament theology, and explores its reception history in early Christianity. Thus, the articles in this volume demonstrate the richness of the Lord’s Prayer and its relevance for both Jewish and Christian identity.

Beth Langstaff/Loren T. Stuckenbruck/Michael Tilly: Foreword and Introduction - Rodney A. Werline: The Redaction of the Lord's Prayer and Ideals of Piety in Second Temple Judaism - Cana Werman: The Lord's Prayer in the Context of Second Temple Expectations. Wisdom as a Messiah - Hermann Lichtenberger: Unser Vater in den Himmeln. Gott als Vater im Alten Testament und in Schriften des Frühjudentums und des Neuen Testaments - Judith H. Newman: Teaching Prayer in Early Judaism. Contextualizing the Lord's Prayer in Early Jewish Thought and Practice - Benjamin G. Wold: Debt Remission in the Matthean Lord's Prayer and 4QInstruction - Ulrich Mell: Das Vaterunser als theologisches Zentrum der Bergpredigt - Gert J. Steyn: "Heaven" and "Earth" in the Lord's Prayer - Wilfried Eisele: "Gott versucht zwar niemand“. Versuch einer lukanischen Antwort - Kasper Bro Larsen: The Lord's Prayer in the Fourth Gospel. Jesus' Testamentary Prayer (John 17) as Rewritten Prayer - Dennis R. Lindsay: Pistis and Prayer in the New Testament - Karl-Heinrich Ostmeyer: Die Didaktik des Vaterunsers. Die impliziten Rezipientinnen und Rezipienten des Vatergebetes in Mt 6,9-13 und Lk 11,1-4 - Tobias Nicklas: Spuren des Vaterunsers im 2. Jahrhundert - Ronald E. Heine: "Ask for the Great Things". Origen on the Lord's Prayer - Konstantin Nikolakopoulos: Liturgische Verwendung des "Vaterunsers" im orthodoxen Kultus. Wirkungsgeschichtliche Überlegungen

  • Edited by Loren T. Stuckenbruck
  • Edited by Michael Tilly
  • Edited by Beth Langstaff