Did John the Baptist write the Lord's Prayer?

[patrick457]

Patrick, thanks for the elucidation on the issue of* Abba/Abbouni.* Your points are well taken.

There is a similar usage in the terms Rabbi/Rabbouni. In Mark 10:51, Bartimaeus the blind beggar calls Jesus Rabbouni and in the Gospel of John 20:16, Mary Magdelene, on recognizing Jesus after His resurrection, also uses Rabbouni.
In several places in Mark, Peter and the other disciples refer to Jesus as Rabbi. This is also the case in John.

A slight digression, but about the word rabbi. Rabi (“my great one,” from rab ‘great,’ ‘revered’) at the time of Jesus was still more of a general, informal honorific for respected people, such as anyone of high social rank or a teacher (whether trained or untrained) rather than an official academic degree. Other terms for wise men and Torah scholars in use at the time were “sage” (Hebrew: ḥacham, plural ḥachamim; Greek: sophos) or “father” ('abba). Out of these, only ‘rabbi’ was exclusively used for Jewish teachers; non-Jewish scholars and holy men were also applied the title of ‘sage’ and ‘father’ (the latter also being in use amongst Christians of the late Roman period). It was only after AD 70 that the title’s use began to be institutionalized and restricted for officially ‘ordained’ lay theologians, which is the sense we use the word rabbi today.

Fun fact: in Matthew’s gospel, only people antagonistic to Jesus address Him directly as “teacher;” Judas Iscariot alone meanwhile has the distinction there of applying the label “Rabbi” to Jesus (26:25, 49). People who believe in Jesus, meanwhile, call Him “Lord” in Matthew.