Greatest Prayer, The : Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message of the Lord's Prayer (Crossan, John Dominic)
John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at De Paul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. Over the last 40 years he has written 40 books on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and the historical Paul. In this scholarly work, Crossan explores the Lord's Prayer in Matthew as "both a revolutionary manifesto and a hymn of hope." Its content reveals the radical vision of justice from Israel's biblical tradition and its form is a style that mirrors Israel's biblical poetry.
John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at De Paul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. Over the last 40 years he has written 40 books on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and the historical Paul. In this scholarly work, Crossan explores the Lord's Prayer in Matthew as "both a revolutionary manifesto and a hymn of hope." Its content reveals the radical vision of justice from Israel's biblical tradition and its form is a style that mirrors Israel's biblical poetry.
John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at De Paul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. Over the last 40 years he has written 40 books on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and the historical Paul. In this scholarly work, Crossan explores the Lord's Prayer in Matthew as "both a revolutionary manifesto and a hymn of hope." Its content reveals the radical vision of justice from Israel's biblical tradition and its form is a style that mirrors Israel's biblical poetry.