Title: The Lord's Prayer
Description: C. Clifton Black provides a thorough analysis of the most famous prayer in the Christian church, the Lord&#x2019;s Prayer. He begins with an impressionist painting of how the ancients prayed during Jesus&#x2019; 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&#x2019;s prayer. Additionally, he includes an overview of Christian thought on the Lord&#x2019;s Prayer from early church mothers and fathers like Tertullian and Teresa of Avila to modern theologians like Karl Barth. Uniquely, this book is an academic study of the Lord&#x2019;s Prayer with a focus on the rhetorical culture from which it developed as well as the theological, literary, and historical meanings of the prayer itself.
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, Lord's prayer