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Document Details : Title: And Lead Us Not into Temptation Author(s): FITZMYER, Joseph A. Journal: Biblica Volume: 84 Issue: 2 Date: 2003 Pages: 259-273 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.84.2.3194471 Abstract : The sixth petition of the 'Our Father' has been translated in various ways across the centuries. This article discusses its literal meaning and the permissive paraphrases of it, explaining the sense of 'temptation' and God’s activity in 'leading' into it, as well as the various subterfuges adopted to avoid the obvious meaning of the Greek formulation, including its supposed Aramaic substratum. It concludes with a pastoral explanation of the petition. |
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