Early Christian Prayer and Identity Formation

Name: Early Christian Prayer and Identity Formation
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Karl Olav Sandnes Reidar Hvalvik(Herausgeber*in)

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Erschienen im Oktober 2014

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Cover
Preface
Table of Contents
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REIDAR HVALVIK and KARL OLAV SANDNES: Early Christian Prayer and Identity Formation: Introducing the Project
Prayer
Identity
The Contributions of the Present Study
Bibliography
MIKAEL TELLBE: Identity and Prayer
1. Definitions
1.1. Personal identity
1.2. Social Identity
2. Identity and Prayer
2.1. Rituals, Identity and Prayer
2.2. Ethnicity, Identity and Prayer
2.3. Narrative, Identity and Prayer
2.4. Conflict, Identity and Prayer
2.5. Prototypicality, Identity and Prayer
2.6. Gender, Identity and Prayer
3. Text and Identity
Bibliography
LARRY HURTADO: The Place of Jesus in Earliest Christian Prayer and its Import for Early Christian Identity
Jesus as Intercessor/Advocate
Jesus as Prayer Teacher and Role Model
Jesus as Recipient of Prayers
Jesus as Basis of Christian Prayer
Conclusion
Bibliography
REIDAR HVALVIK: Praying with Outstretched Hands: Nonverbal Aspects of Early Christian Prayer and the Question of Identity
1. "Go into Your Inner Room" - The Significance of Place
2. Praying Towards the East - The Significance of Direction
3. "Three Times a Day" - The Significance of Time
4. "Whenever You Stand Praying." - The Significance of Postures and Gestures
4.1. Standing and Kneeling
4.2 "Lifting up holy hands" - The Orante
5. Conclusion
Primary Sources and Translations
Secondary Literature
GEIR OTTO HOLMÅS: Prayer, 'Othering' and the Construction of Early Christian Identity in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke
1. Introduction: The Gospels as Identity-Forming Narratives and the Prayer Theme
2. The Gospel of Matthew
2.1. Prayer in the First Gospel: An Overview
2.2. Matthew's introduction to the Lord's Prayer: Othering "hypocrites" and Gentiles (Matt 6:5-8)
2.3. The Matthean Jesus' Dismissal of the Temple as a "House of Prayer" (Matt 21:12-17) and Its Interconnection with Matthew's Portrait of the Praying Community
3. The Gospel of Luke
3.1. Prayer in the Third Gospel: An Overview
3.2. Luke's Introduction to "The Lord's Prayer" (Luke 11:1-2): Othering the Baptist Movement
3.3. The Lukan Jesus' Dismissal of the Temple as a "House of Prayer" (Luke 19:45-46) and Its Interconnection with Luke's Portrait of the Praying Community
4. The Contrastive Features in Matthew's and Luke's Constructions of Prayer and the Social Realities behind Their Works
Bibliography
MIKAEL TELLBE: Prayer and Social Identity Formation in the Letter to the Ephesians
Prayer and Identity in the Letter to the Ephesians
1. Ethnicity, Prayer and Identity
2. Prototypicality, Prayer and Identity
3. Narrative, Prayer and Identity
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
ANNA REBECCA SOLEVÅG: Prayer in Acts and the Pastoral Epistles: Intersections of Gender and Class
Negotiating Identity through Texts
Kyriarchal Structures and Prayer
Acts - Civic Identity in the Making
The Pastoral Epistles - A Household Identity under Pressure
Negotiating the Power of Prayer
Bibliography
OLE JACOB FILTVEDT: With Our Eyes Fixed on Jesus: The Prayers of Jesus and His Followers in Hebrews
1. Introduction
1.1. Jesus and His Followers - Prayer and Identity
1.2. Identity and Proto-typicality - Jesus as Leader and Model
2. Jesus Portrayed as a Praying Man: Hebrews 5:7-10
2.1. Preceding Context
2.2. The Suffering High Priest - Praying with Loud "Cries and Tears"
2.3. Jesus Praying in the Context of His Passion
2.4. The Obedience of the Son of God
2.5. Jesus: The Source of Eternal Salvation for Those Who Obey Him
3. The Followers of Jesus at Prayer, and Their Compassionate High Priest
3.1. Jesus' Entrance into Heaven and the Call to Approach the Throne of Grace
3.2. Jesus - The One Who Mediates Access to God
3.3. Confess and Seek Help
3.4. The Author's Closing Prayer in 13:20-21
4. Prayer and Identity in Hebrews - Some Conclusions
4.1. Jesus and His Followers at Prayer - Similarities and Differences
4.2. To Pray qua Follower of Jesus
4.3. With Our Eyes Fixed on Jesus - Identity and the Dynamics of Recognition
Bibliography
CRAIG R. KOESTER: Heavenly Prayer and Christian Identity in the Book of Revelation
Prayer to Jesus in Heavenly Worship (Revelation 4-5)
Prayer to God in Heavenly Worship (Revelation 7-8)
Prayer and Christian Identity in the World (Revelation 6-19)
Praying "Come, Lord Jesus" (Revelation 22:20)
Conclusion
Bibliography
KARL OLAV SANDNES: "The First Prayer": Pater Noster in the Early Church
1. Preliminary Observations
2. Tertullian, De Oratione
2.1. Prologue: A New Prayer (Orat. 1)
2.2. Epilogue (Orat. 28-29)
2.3. Addressing God as "Father": Command and Privilege
3. Tertullian: The Closing of De Baptismo (21.5)
4. Cyprian, De Dominica Oratione
4.1 True Worshippers Are Heard
4.2. A Communal and Uniting Prayer
4.3 The Prayer of Those Reborn in Baptism
4.5. Noster vs. Vester
5. Tracing the Roots of the Lord's Prayer as a "First Prayer"
5.1. Back to the End of the First Century
5.2. Even in the New Testament?
6. Drawing the Findings Together
6.1. A Privilege
6.2. Building Blocks, not "Building"
6.3. The Polemic Power Inherent in Noster
Primary Sources and Translations
Secondary Literature
HANS KVALBEIN: The Lord's Prayer and the Eucharist Prayers in the Didache
Introduction to the Didache
The Didache - A Survey of Content and Structure
Baptism as Christian Initiation
The Lord's Prayer as Identity Marker (Did. 8)
The Eucharistic Prayer over Cup and Bread (Did. 9)
The Prayer after the Meal (Did. 10)
Conclusion: The Prayers and the Identity of the Community Witnessed to in the Didache
Bibliography
REIDAR AASGAARD: "What point is there for me in other people hearing my confessions?" Prayer and Christian Identity in Augustine's Confessions
Formation of Christian Identity and Prayer in Augustine
Identity Formation and Prayer in Confessions
Conversing with God: the Creator and Saviour
Conversing with Himself: Augustine and his Heart
Speaking about Others: Christians as Models of Praying
Conversing with Others: Augustine and his Readers
Formation of Christian Identity in Confessions
Prayer in Confessions
Prayer and Christian Identity in Confessions: Final Reflections
Primary Sources and Translations
Secondary Literature
ANASTASIA MARAVELA: Christians Praying in a Graeco-Egyptian Context: Intimations of Christian Identity in Greek Papyrus Prayers
1. Introduction
2. Greek Christian Prayers from Late Roman and Early Byzantine Egypt
2.1 The Corpus: Provenance, Date and Selection Criteria
2.2 The Formal Structure of Greek Christian Prayers
3. Christian Identity in Papyrus Prayers
3.1 Explicit Expressions of Identity
3.2 Doxology, Jesus and identity
3.3 The Lord's Prayer and the Quest for Identity
3.4 The Scriptural Pool of Identity
4. Alterity in Papyrus Prayers
5. An Unmixed Identity?
6. Conclusions
Bibliography
NICLAS FÖRSTER: Prayer in the Valentinian Apolytrosis: A Case Study on Gnostic Identity
Introduction
Valentinian Prayer and Cultic Practice
Irenaeus and Hippolytus on the Marcosians
Apolytrosis - the Marcosian Death Ritual
The Marcosian Formula of Apolytrosis - Its Content
Secrecy, Bishops and Marcosian Ritual
Identity and Apolytrosis
Bibliography
GLENN WEHUS: "Bring Now, O Zeus, What Difficulty Thou Wilt." Prayer and Identity Formation in the Stoic Philosopher Epictetus
Methodological reflections
1. Theology and Anthropology in Traditional Stoicism
2. The Moral Philosophy of Epictetus
3. Communication from Humans to God: Prayers Proper
3.1. Legitimate prayers
3.2. Illegitimate prayers
4. Communication between Humans and God: Dialogue-Prayers
5. What Does Epictetus Mean by the Term God?
6. Prayer as Self-formation
7. Stoic and Christian Prayer
Primary Sources and Translations
Secondary Literature
REIDAR HVALVIK and KARL OLAV SANDNES: Prayer and Identity Formation: Attempts at a Synthesis
A Dynamic Process
Praying Fixed Prayers Together: Prayer and Rituals
Prayer as Performed Theology
Christocentric in Orientation and Focus
Time and Space of Prayer
The Orant Comes into Focus
When Did the Identity Process Take Its Beginning?
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Sources
1. Old Testament
2. Old Testament Apocrypha
3. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
4. Dead Sea Scrolls
5. Philo
6. Josephus
7. Rabbinic Literature
8. New Testament
9. Apostolic Fathers
10. Other Early Christian Writings
11. Greco-Roman Authors
12. Nag Hammadi Codices
13. Papyri
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects and Names

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