Early Christian prayer and identity formation
By: edited by Reidar Hvalvik and Karl Olav Sandnes
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 336; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 336.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tübingen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9783161535208
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: History and criticism; Bible; Religiöse Identität; Christianity; Kristen identitet; Church history; Bön (kristendom); Fornkyrkan; Primitive and early church; Christentum; Gebet; Identification (Religion); Prayers; Historia; Early church; Congresses; Prayer; History; Identity (Psychology)
Notes: "This book resulted from a research project in the Department of New Testament Studies at the Norwegian School of Theology (MF), Oslo. Some international and mostly national colleagues participated in the two workshops held in Oslo autumn 2011 and 2012, where submitted papers were presented and discussed."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Early Christian prayer and identity formation : introducing the project  -- Reidar Hvalvik and Karl Olav Sandnes; title: Identity and prayer  -- Mikael Tellbe; title: The place of Jesus in earliest Christian prayer and its import for early Christian identity  -- Larry Hurtado; title: Praying with outstretched hands : nonverbal aspects of early Christian prayer and the question of identity  -- Reidar Hvalvik; title: Prayer, 'othering' and the construction of early Christian identity in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke  -- Geir Otto Holmås; title: Prayer and social identity formation in the Letter to the Ephesians  -- Mikael Tellbe; title: Prayer in Acts and the Pastoral Epistles : intersections of gender and class  -- Anna Rebecca Solevåg; title: With our eyes fixed on Jesus : the prayers of Jesus and his followers in Hebrews  -- Ole Jacob Filtvedt; title: Heavenly prayer and Christian identity in the Book of Revelation  -- Craig R. Koester; title: "The First Prayer" : Pater Noster in the early church  -- Karl Olav Sandnes; title: The Lord's Prayer and the eucharist prayers in the Didache  -- Hans Kvalbein; title: "What point is there for me in other people hearing my confessions?" : prayer and Christian identity in Augustine's Confessions  -- Reidar Aasgaard; title: Christians praying in a Graeco-Egyptian context : intimations of Christian identity in Greek papyrus prayers  -- Anastasia Maravela; title: Prayer in the Valentinian Apolytrosis : a case study on Gnostic identity  -- Niclas Förster; title: "Bring now, O Zeus, what difficulty thou wilt." : prayer and identity formation in the Stoic philosopher Epictetus  -- Glenn Wehus; title: Prayer and identity formation : attempts at a synthesis -- Reidar Hvalvik and Karl Olav Sandnes.