The title for this book comes from the Aramaic meaning of the word prayer,"setting your mind like a trap so that you may catch the thoughts of God." This metaphysical look at the Lord's Prayer is expanded from Errico's The Ancient Aramaic Prayer of Jesus.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Setting A Trap For God:
First of all I was intrigued by the sub-title "The Aramaic Prayer of Jesus." Very little is written about Jesus and His ministry in the Aramaic tongue. As I read each successive Chapter, I was amazed to find different interpretations of the meanings of the words and phrases of the Aramaic as compared to Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. There seemed to be a kind of gentleness in the interpretations as presented by Mr. Errico. He takes each line of the Lord's Prayer and exposes us to new concepts of what Jesus meant... more info
Lord's Prayer:
This was outstanding.....it articulated the meaning of the Lord's Prayer from the original Aramaic. It questions why we say, "Lead me not into temptation", because God would not LEAD us into temptation. Another interesting insight.....Benjamin Franklin's interpretation makes more sense than the version we say today!! I recommend this book.
Spiritual Enligthenment Via Explaining Aramaic Original:
I read the 2006 version of the 1997 revised edition of the 1975 original aka "The Ancient Aramaic Prayer of Jesus: The Lord's Prayer". It takes Rocco A. Errico 120 pages to sufficiently explain Christianity's most important, the Lord's Prayer, of 14 short lines, based on the Aramaic original. As the catchy new title of the book suggests, Aramaic idioms are difficult to overstand if translated literally. Anybody praying the paternoster should be aware of this book. Actually, I find the prayer in its new... more info
Scholarship for the public:
Quality study of the original Aramaic "Lord's Prayer." Very readable and useful in group study. Accommodates conservative theology.
