The Lord's prayer through North African eyes : a window into early Christianity / Michael Joseph Brown.
Publication details: New York : T.& T. Clark International, c2004.Description: xiv, 298 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0567026701
- 9780567026705
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Main Collection | John Kinder Theological Library | BV230 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | J00809887 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index.
The Lord's Prayer through Greco-Roman eyes and ears -- Greco-Roman visions of religion and prayer -- The tableau of Roman Alexandria -- Clement of Alexandria's vision of prayer -- A picture of Roman Carthage -- Tertullian of Carthage's vision of prayer -- Two visions of prayer in early Christian discourse.
"Michael Joseph Brown's book helps to explain why Christians throughout the ages have interpreted texts differently, especially cultic texts. Beginning with an imagined Greco-Roman auditor of the Lord's Prayer, Brown demonstrates how a Greco-Roman's understanding of the prayer would have been different from that of a Hellenized Jew in Palestine. Brown takes the reader into discussions of early Greco-Roman Christians regarding prayer in general and the Lord's Prayer in particular. Focusing on cultic didache of Clement of Alexandria and Tertullian of Carthage, The Lord's Prayer through North African Eyes is a window into the turbulent and sometimes confusing world of second-century Christianity in Africa."--BOOK JACKET.