Is the Fourth Petition in the Lord's Prayer an adaptation of Proverbs 30: 7-9?
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WE read in Proverbs 30: 7-9 (NRSVCE):
>Two things I ask of you;
do not deny them to me before I die:
Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that I need,
or I shall be full, and deny you,
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or I shall be poor, and steal,
and profane the name of my God.
It is possible that Jesus adopted, with suitable adaptation, the fourth petition in The Lord's Prayer from Proverbs 30. The deeper meaning of `Give us this day our daily [*epiousios*] bread 'has been the subject of long debates, including one on the rarity of the usage *epiousios* elsewhere.
By limiting the need for physical food for the day' as if on a
daily quota ' basis, Jesus wants us to steer clear of "..or I shall be full, and deny you.. " situation. Compare this with Yahweh's instruction to the Israelite to eat only the manna they had gathered for each day (Exodus 16).
My question therefore is: According to Catholic scholars, is the Fourth Petition in the Lord's Prayer an adaptation of Proverbs 30: 7-9 ?
Asked by Kadalikatt Joseph Sibichan
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Mar 23, 2022, 07:45 AM