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This classic work of twentieth-century German biblical scholarship has become a classic in the field of New Testament studies. Joachim Jeremias examines the authenticity of our records of Jesus and focuses his analysis of New Testament theology on Jesus’ teachings.

Lord’s Prayer was meant not only as a model for proper prayer, but as a formula, a token of recognition—which is the way in which the church has used it down the centuries. The construction of the Lord’s Prayer can be seen at a glance: 1. The address is followed by: 2. two short petitions in the second person singular (the two ‘thou’ petitions), in parallelism; 3. two longer petitions in the first person plural (the two ‘we’ petitions), in parallelism; 4. the short closing petition. The address πάτερ
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