Double Dependency

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Our Father, our King, we have no King but You. Our Father, our King, act [benevolently] with us for the sake of Your Name.  Avinu Malkeinu For the sake – According to Gordon Tucker’s comment in Abraham Heschel’s work, Heavenly Torah, these first two lines of the prayer Avinu Malkeinu are attributed to Rabbi Akiva. …

Why We Pray

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Avinu Malkeinu, Ein Lanu Melech Ela Atah.  Rabbi Akiva  (50 – 135 AD) Avinu Malkeinu – Rabbi Akiva lived just after the time of Yeshua, during the time of the Messianic expansion to the Gentiles.  He was a bit younger than Paul.  He had and continues to have enormous influence over Judaism.  In fact, the…