Abstract
This article defines the relationship between prayer and the Temple cult, examining in turn the evidence on Temple-related prayers in Ben Sira, 1 Maccabees, Josephus, Philo, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Luke-Acts, Hebrews, Revelation, the Didache, and early rabbinic literature. It aims to demonstrate that institutionalized, public prayer emerged from within the Temple, and that Qumranic, and to certain extent early-Christian, prayer also developed under the Temple's influence. However, while the Qumran sects sought to serve as a substitute for the Temple cult, while in the NT, prayer was sometimes modeled after Temple sacrifices, and did not seek to usurp it.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 118-138 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Henoch |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- History
- Religious studies
RAMBI publications
- rambi
- Prayer -- Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
- Prayer -- Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
- Prayer in post-biblical literature
- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) -- Liturgy
- Worship (Judaism) -- History