Prayer Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Hebrew Bible=== {{Main|Prayer in the Hebrew Bible}} [[File:Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 136.png|thumb|right|''David Prays for Deliverance'', 1860 woodcut by [[Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld]]]] In the Hebrew Bible prayer is an evolving means of interacting with [[God]], most frequently through a spontaneous, individual, unorganized form of petitioning and/or thanking. Standardized prayer such as is done today is non-existent, although beginning in [[Deuteronomy]], the Bible lays the groundwork for organized prayer, including basic liturgical guidelines, and by the Bible's later books, prayer has evolved to a more standardized form, although still radically different from the [[Tefillah|form practiced]] by modern [[Jews]]. Individual prayer is described by the Tanakh two ways. The first of these is when prayer is described as occurring, and a result is achieved, but no further information regarding a person's prayer is given. In these instances, such as with [[Isaac]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.%2025:21&version=NIV |title=Gen. 25: 21 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Moses]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2011:2&version=NIV |title=Num. 11:2 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Samuel]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+8:6&version=NIV |title=1 Samuel 8:6 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> and [[Job (Biblical figure)|Job]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+42:10&version=NIV |title=Job. 42:10 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> the act of praying is a method of changing a situation for the better. The second way in which prayer is depicted is through fully fleshed out episodes of prayer, where a person's prayer is related in full. Many famous biblical personalities have such a prayer, including every major character from [[Hannah (Bible)|Hannah]] to [[Hezekiah]].<ref>Jewish Encyclopedia, "Prayer," http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=496&letter=P</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page