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Concise, powerful, to-the-point—the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray is better understood in the light of Jewish faith and practice. Jesus was Jewish. The word Jew is derived from the Hebrew verb meaning “praise.” Jewish prayers, worship, and practical living breathe fresh meaning into the revered words of the Lord’s prayer.  The first-century perspective of Jesus’ teachings on the kingdom pervades the application of the prayer in daily life. With a sharply focused text and annotated notes, Young invites the reader to explore the Jewish roots of prayer through rabbinic literature, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and more. Identity, holiness, forgiveness, and freedom as well as an individual’s will to live a better life and the request for our daily bread are themes that make this prayer relevant for its own time in history, and for all time.