Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Prayer in the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible / Christopher R. Seitz -- Prayer in the Greco-Roman world / David E. Aune -- Prayer in Jewish life of the first century as background to early Christianity / Asher Finkel -- Prayer in the Dead Sea scrolls / Eileen M. Schuller -- The canticles of Luke's infancy narrative : the appropriation of a Biblical tradition / Stephen Farris -- Jesus, example and teacher of prayer in the Synoptic Gospels / I. Howard Marshall -- The Lord's Prayer as a paradigm of Christian prayer / N.T. Wright -- God's name, Jesus' name, and prayer in the Fourth Gospel / Andrew T. Lincoln -- Persevering together in prayer : the significance of prayer in the Acts of the Apostles / Joel B. Green -- Prayer in the Pauline letters / Richard N. Longenecker -- Finding yourself an intercessor : New Testament prayer from Hebrews to Jude / J. Ramsey Michaels -- Prayer in the Book of Revelation / Richard Bauckham