Early Christian prayer and identity formation

Early Christian prayer and identity formation : introducing the project /Reidar Hvalvik and Karl Olav Sandnes --Identity and prayer /Mikael Tellbe --The place of Jesus in earliest Christian prayer and its import for early Christian identity /Larry Hurtado --Praying with outstretched hands : nonverba...

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Contributors: Hvalvik, Reidar 1951- (Editor) ; Sandnes, Karl Olav 1954- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Tübingen, Germany Mohr Siebeck [2014]
In: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament (336)
Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Early Christian prayer and identity formation] (2018) (Stenschke, Christoph W., 1966 -)
[Rezension von: Early Christian prayer and identity formation] (2016) (Meiser, Martin, 1957 -)
[Rezension von: Early Christian prayer and identity formation] (2016) (Miller, James C.)
[Rezension von: Early Christian prayer and identity formation] (2015) (Brumwell, Dom Anselm)
Series/Journal:Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 336
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible / Prayer
B Prayer / Christianity / Religious identity / History 30-400
B New Testament / Prayer / Religious identity
B Prayer / Church / Religious identity
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Conference papers and proceedings
B Bön (kristendom) ; historia
B Identity (Psychology) ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Prayers
B Bible
B Prayer ; Christianity ; History ; Early church, ca. 30-600 ; Congresses
B Anthropology
B History
B Kristen identitet
B Fornkyrkan
B Liturgy
B Identification (religion)
B Identification (religion) History To 1500 Congresses
B Hermeneutics
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Congresses
B Identity (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity Congresses
B Conference program 2011 (Oslo)
B Religious identity
B New Testament ; Prayers ; History and criticism ; Congresses
B Piety
B Faith
B Christianity
B Identification (Religion) ; History ; To 1500 ; Congresses
B Bible. New Testament Prayers History and criticism Congresses
B Prayer ; Christianity ; Early church
B Prayer Christianity History Early church, ca. 30-600 Congresses
B Primitive Christianity
B Church History
B Church history ; Primitive and early church
B Prayer
B Identity (Psychology) ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; Congresses
B Church history ; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 ; Congresses
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Summary:Early Christian prayer and identity formation : introducing the project /Reidar Hvalvik and Karl Olav Sandnes --Identity and prayer /Mikael Tellbe --The place of Jesus in earliest Christian prayer and its import for early Christian identity /Larry Hurtado --Praying with outstretched hands : nonverbal aspects of early Christian prayer and the question of identity /Reidar Hvalvik --Prayer, 'othering' and the construction of early Christian identity in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke /Geir Otto Holmås --Prayer and social identity formation in the Letter to the Ephesians /Mikael Tellbe --Prayer in Acts and the Pastoral Epistles : intersections of gender and class /Anna Rebecca Solevåg --With our eyes fixed on Jesus : the prayers of Jesus and his followers in Hebrews /Ole Jacob Filtvedt --Heavenly prayer and Christian identity in the Book of Revelation /Craig R. Koester --"The First Prayer" : Pater Noster in the early church /Karl Olav Sandnes --The Lord's Prayer and the eucharist prayers in the Didache /Hans Kvalbein --"What point is there for me in other people hearing my confessions?" : prayer and Christian identity in Augustine's Confessions /Reidar Aasgaard --Christians praying in a Graeco-Egyptian context : intimations of Christian identity in Greek papyrus prayers /Anastasia Maravela --Prayer in the Valentinian Apolytrosis : a case study on Gnostic identity /Niclas Förster --"Bring now, O Zeus, what difficulty thou wilt." : prayer and identity formation in the Stoic philosopher Epictetus /Glenn Wehus --Prayer and identity formation : attempts at a synthesis /Reidar Hvalvik and Karl Olav Sandnes.
The contributors of this volume address the question of identity among Christ-believers from the viewpoint of prayer. Prayer brings into the discussion several dimensions that make up religious identity. It is attested rather early that prayer was theology performed, and thus intertwined with emerging theologies. Furthermore, prayer was Christocentric in orientation and focus. As of yet, these aspects have not received due attention in scholarly discussions. Christian identity, albeit fragile and complex, was taking shape already in the first century and found itself on the verge between textu
Item Description:"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
ISBN:3161535219