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C. Clifton Black provides a thorough analysis of the most famous prayer in the Christian church, the Lord’s Prayer. He begins with an impressionist painting of how the ancients prayed during Jesus’ time in order to set the context for understanding the prayer he taught his disciples. Throughout the book, Black systematically interprets the rich meanings of each part of the Lord’s prayer....

20:12, 20; 2 Macc. 5:25), the Year of Jubilee (Lev. 25:10), God’s covenant with Israel (Dan. 11:28, 30), and occasionally Israel itself (Isa. 62:12; 63:18; Jer. 2:3; Joel 2:16). Anyone and anything set apart for God’s worship falls within the purview of the holy. Beyond Hebrew Scripture, Philo (Embassy to Gaius 278; Change of Names 192; Who Is the Heir? 75) and rabbis of the Mishnaic period (ca. AD 20–220) demarcated sacred sectors: the city square (site of religious festivals), the synagogue, the
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