5 passagesc. 2nd century BCEHebrew / Aramaic / GreekCC-BY
Individual passages from Prayer of Manasseh, indexed for close reading, source verification, and myth source-checking.
Manasseh, King of Judah. Not exactly a role model. The Bible paints a pretty grim picture: idol worship, child sacrifice, all sorts of wickedness. You can read about it in 2 Kings ...
That’s where our story begins, with the Prayer of Manasseh. It's a short, powerful text, not found in the Tanakh, but preserved among the Jewish writings of the Second Temple perio...
Deeply. And it offers a lifeline. It's a lifeline we find in unexpected places – like the apocryphal Prayer of Manasseh. This short, powerful prayer, traditionally attributed to Ki...
The Prayer of Manasseh, though considered apocryphal by some, gives voice to that very human feeling. It's a raw, honest cry from the heart of someone who knows they've messed up –...
That feeling of being utterly unworthy. it's a human experience that echoes through centuries, and finds a powerful voice in a short, potent prayer attributed to a very unlikely so...
