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Into God's Presence: Prayer in the New Testament (McMaster New Testament Studies)

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I went out on a limb and bought this not knowing much of what's in it. I'll actually review it when I'm done reading it, but here's the table of contents so you can make an informed purchase (btw, the picture on the cover is different - mine has _Christ in the Desert_ by Ivan Kramskoi. Beautiful picture.) So far the book is both practical and scholarly, which is wonderful.

contributions
preface
introduction
I. The Setting
1. Prayer in the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible (3)
Christopher R. Seitz
2. Prayer in the Greco-Roman World (23)
David E. Aune
3. Prayer in Jewish Life of the First Century
as Background to Early Christianity (43)
Asher Finkel
4. Prayer in the Dead Sea Scrolls (66)
Eileen M. Schuller

II. Jesus and the Gospels
5. The Canticles of Luke's Infancy Narrative:
The Appropriation of a Biblical Tradition (91)
Stephen Farris
6. Jesus - Example and Teacher of Prayer
in the Synoptic Gospels (113)
I. Howard Marshall
7. The Lord's Prayer
as a Paradigm of Christian Prayer. (132)
N.T. Wright
8. God's Name, Jesus' Name, and Prayer
in the Fourth Gospel (155)
Andrew T. Lincoln

III. Acts Through The Apocalypse
9. Persevering Together in Prayer:
The Significance of Prayer
in the Acts of the Apostles (183)
Joel B. Green
10. Prayer in the Pauline Letters (203)
Richard N. Longenecker
11. Finding Yourself as Intercessor:
New Testament Prayer from Hebrews to Jude (228)
J. Ramsey Michaels
12. Prayer in the Book of Revelation (252)
Richard Bauckham

Index of Subjects and Modern Authors
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature

After each chapter in the book is a selected bibliography.

Other books in the series are The Challenge of Jesus' Parables, Life in the Face of Death, Patterns of Discipleship in the New Testament, and The Road from Damascus.