Study on the language dynamics between the Lord's Prayer and the contexts
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This article suggests that the Lord's Prayer is not a mold or a matrix and thus it can be modified to reflect some contemporary theological issues to without changing the basic outline. Canonization with simple repetitive works can make our precious heritage, the Lord's Prayer, less meaningful. The various versions of the Lord's Prayers in the biblical texts and the historical documents show us that the Lord's Prayer is based on the critical adoption of the Jewish tradition and the contemporary religious trend. This study focuses on why and how Jesus uses the metaphor Father for God. First of all, it argues that although under the patriarchal social and religious system Jesus adopted the word Father for God Jesus used the title Abba, the Aramaic word for God, Jesus tried to challenge the conventional concepts and images of Father in the world with the same word. And also this study shows that there is a specific relationship between the religious language and the context of the society. Father and Abba as invocation of God imply that the Lord's Prayer includes the secular languages for God to reflect the dynamic relationship between God and the people. Like Jesus, we need to modify the spiritual and authentic meanings of the Lord's Prayer with our modern symbols, metaphors, Knowledge, philosophy, and reality. The most appropriate symbols or metaphors as the epithets for God should be found in the natural symbol system. Above all, we need to include the female images for God in order to dilute the patriarchal images which are deeply embedded in us. Although Jesus couldn't avoid the restriction from of his particular contexts, Jesus truly knew that the most powerful metaphor for God's love is the birthing image. He knew the natural symbols. Jesus denied the restricted speech codes. The most persuasive symbols come from natural symbols based on our natural bodily experiences. We must recover the natural symbols and keep them from patriarchal presuppositions. The paradigm of the religious, social, and political contexts at the time of Jesus had already shifted to the post-modern society. The Lord's Prayer is a model for our everyday prayers, not a matrix as a printed-edition. The Lord's Prayer is no mere verbalizing of received formulas. The Lord's Prayer should be rewritten for our own needs and prayers, in everyday liturgical settings, without necessarily changing its original meaning.
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This article suggests that the Lord's Prayer is not a mold or a matrix and thus it can be modified to reflect some contemporary theological issues to without changing the basic outline. Canonization with simple repetitive works can make our precious heritage, the Lord's Prayer, less meaningful. The various versions of the Lord's Prayers in the biblical texts and the historical documents show us that the Lord's Prayer is based on the critical adoption of the Jewish tradition and the contemporary religious trend. This study focuses on why and how Jesus uses the metaphor Father for God. First of all, it argues that although under the patriarchal social and religious system Jesus adopted the word Father for God Jesus used the title Abba, the Aramaic word for God, Jesus tried to challenge the conventional concepts and images of Father in the world with the same word. And also this study shows that there is a specific relationship between the religious language and the context of the society. Father and Abba as invocation of God imply that the Lord's Prayer includes the secular languages for God to reflect the dynamic relationship between God and the people. Like Jesus, we need to modify the spiritual and authentic meanings of the Lord's Prayer with our modern symbols, metaphors, Knowledge, philosophy, and reality. The most appropriate symbols or metaphors as the epithets for God should be found in the natural symbol system. Above all, we need to include the female images for God in order to dilute the patriarchal images which are deeply embedded in us. Although Jesus couldn't avoid the restriction from of his particular contexts, Jesus truly knew that the most powerful metaphor for God's love is the birthing image. He knew the natural symbols. Jesus denied the restricted speech codes. The most persuasive symbols come from natural symbols based on our natural bodily experiences. We must recover the natural symbols and keep them from patriarchal presuppositions. The paradigm of the religious, social, and political contexts at the time of Jesus had already shifted to the post-modern society. The Lord's Prayer is a model for our everyday prayers, not a matrix as a printed-edition. The Lord's Prayer is no mere verbalizing of received formulas. The Lord's Prayer should be rewritten for our own needs and prayers, in everyday liturgical settings, without necessarily changing its original meaning.
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