Lord's 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! ==Comparisons with other prayer traditions== The book ''The Comprehensive New Testament'', by T. E. Clontz and J. Clontz, points to similarities between elements of the Lord's Prayer and expressions in writings of other religions as diverse as the ''[[Dhammapada]]'', the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'', the ''[[Golden Verses]]'', and the Egyptian ''[[Book of the Dead]]''.{{sfn|Clontz|Clontz|2008}}{{page needed|date= December 2021}} It mentions in particular parallels in [[1 Chronicles]].<ref>{{Bibleverse|1Chr|29:10-18||1 Chronicles 29:10β18}}</ref>{{sfn|Clontz|Clontz|2008|pp=8, 451}} Rabbi [[Aron Mendes Chumaceiro]] says that nearly all the elements of the prayer have counterparts in the [[Hebrew Bible|Jewish Bible]] and [[Deuterocanonical books]]: the first part in [[Isaiah 63]] ("Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation... for you are our Father"<ref>{{Bibleverse|Isaiah|63:15β16}}</ref>) and [[Ezekiel 36]] ("I will vindicate the holiness of my great name...")<ref>{{Bibleverse|Ezekiel|36:23}}</ref> and [[Ezekiel 38|38]] ("I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations..."),<ref>{{Bibleverse|Ezekiel|38:23}}</ref> the second part in [[Book of Obadiah|Obadiah]] 1 ("Saviours shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingdom shall be the L<small>ORD</small>'s")<ref>{{Bibleverse|Obadiah|1:21}}</ref> and [[1 Samuel 3]] ("...It is the L<small>ORD</small>. Let him do what seems good to him."),<ref>{{Bibleverse|1Sam|3:18||1 Samuel 3:18}}</ref> the third part in [[Proverbs 30]] ("...feed me with my apportioned bread..."),<ref>{{Bibleverse|Proverbs|30:8}}</ref> the fourth part in [[Book of Sirach|Sirach]] 28 ("Forgive your neighbour the wrong he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.").<ref>{{Bibleverse|Sirach|28:2}}</ref> "Deliver us from evil" can be compared with [[Psalm 119]] ("...let no iniquity get dominion over me.").<ref>{{Bibleverse|Psalm|119:133}}</ref>{{Sfn|Chumaceiro|1902|pp=121β122}} Chumaceiro says that, because the idea of God leading a human into temptation contradicts the righteousness and love of God, "Lead us not into temptation" has no counterpart in the Jewish Bible/Christian Old Testament. However, the word "ΟΡιΟΞ±ΟΞΌΟΟ", which is translated as "temptation", can also be translated as "test" or "trial", making evident the attitude of someone's heart, and in the Old Testament God tested Abraham,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Genesis|22:1}}</ref> and told David, "Go, number Israel and Judah," an action that David later acknowledged as sin;<ref>{{Bibleverse|2Sam|24:1β10||2 Samuel 24:1β10}}; {{Bibleverse|1Chr|21:1-7||1 Chronicles 21:1β7}}</ref> and the testing of Job in the [[Book of Job]]. Reuben Bredenhof says that the various petitions of the Lord's Prayer, as well as the doxology attached to it, have a conceptual and thematic background in the Old Testament [[Book of Psalms]].<ref>Reuben Bredenhof 2019, ''Hallowed: Echoes of the Psalms in the Lord's Prayer'' Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock.</ref> On the other hand, [[Andrew Wommack]] says that the Lord's Prayer "technically speaking... isn't even a true New Testament prayer".{{Sfn|Wommack|2007|p=29}} In post-biblical Jewish prayer, especially Kiddushin 81a (Babylonian).{{sfn|Clontz|Clontz|2008|p= 451}} "Our Father which art in heaven" (ΧΧΧΧ Χ Χ©ΧΧ©ΧΧΧ, ''[[Avinu shebashamayim]]'') is the beginning of many Hebrew prayers.<ref>{{cite book| first =David H. | last = Stern |title= Jewish New Testament Commentary|date= 1992 |isbn=978-965359011-3|page=32| publisher = Jewish New Testament Publications |author1-link=David H. Stern}}</ref> "Hallowed be thy name" is reflected in the [[Kaddish]]. "Lead us not into sin" is echoed in the "[[Shacharit|morning blessings]]" of Jewish prayer. A blessing said by some Jewish communities after the [[Jewish services#Ma'ariv|evening]] ''[[Shema]]'' includes a phrase quite similar to the opening of the Lord's Prayer: "Our God in heaven, hallow thy name, and establish thy kingdom forever, and rule over us for ever and ever. Amen." 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