Editing Prayer (section)

===Hebrew Bible===
{{Main|Prayer in the Hebrew Bible}}
[[File:Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 136.png|thumb|right|''David Prays for Deliverance'', 1860 woodcut by [[Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld]]]]
In the Hebrew Bible prayer is an evolving means of interacting with [[God]], most frequently through a spontaneous, individual, unorganized form of petitioning and/or thanking. Standardized prayer such as is done today is non-existent, although beginning in [[Deuteronomy]], the Bible lays the groundwork for organized prayer, including basic liturgical guidelines, and by the Bible's later books, prayer has evolved to a more standardized form, although still radically different from the [[Tefillah|form practiced]] by modern [[Jews]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Coetsee |first1=Albert J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jaf4EAAAQBAJ |title=Biblical Theology of prayer in the Old Testament |last2=Viljoen |first2=Francois P. |date=2023-08-31 |publisher=AOSIS |isbn=978-1-77995-274-5 |language=en}}</ref>

Individual prayer is described by the Tanakh two ways. The first of these is when prayer is described as occurring, and a result is achieved, but no further information regarding a person's prayer is given. In these instances, such as with [[Isaac]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.%2025:21&version=NIV |title=Gen. 25: 21 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Moses]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2011:2&version=NIV |title=Num. 11:2 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Samuel]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+8:6&version=NIV |title=1 Samuel 8:6 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=August 26, 2012 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107112823/http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+8:6&version=NIV |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Job (Biblical figure)|Job]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+42:10&version=NIV |title=Job. 42:10 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> the act of praying is a method of changing a situation for the better. The second way in which prayer is depicted is through fully fleshed out episodes of prayer, where a person's prayer is related in full. Many famous biblical personalities have such a prayer, including every major character from [[Hannah (Bible)|Hannah]] to [[Hezekiah]].<ref>Jewish Encyclopedia, "Prayer," http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=496&letter=P {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020052752/http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=496&letter=P |date=2011-10-20 }}</ref>