Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel

by Maurice Casey

Overview

This book goes behind the Greek text of the Gospel of Mark and reconstructs some of its sources in the original Aramaic, the language that Jesus spoke. This work has been made possible by the publication of all the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls, which provide a basis of Jewish Aramaic for the right period. By reconstructing Aramaic sources and interpreting them in their original context, this book raises the level of proof that Jesus said and did some of the things attributed to him in our earliest sources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521633147
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/07/1999
Series:	Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series , #102
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The state of play; 2. Method; 3. Jesus' scriptural understanding of John the Baptist's death: Mark 9.11–13; 4. Two Sabbath controversies: Mark 2.23–3.6; 5. The question of Jacob and John: Mark 10.35–45; 6. Jesus' final Passover with his disciples: Mark 14.12–26; 7. Conclusions; Select bibliography; Index of passages discussed; Index of names and subjects.

Editorial Reviews

"...in this monograph Casey has brought before the scholarly community an important study that deserves to be considered very seriously..." Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Readers will likely find that, when C. (Casey) adheres to his principal purpose in suggesting possible Aramaic backgrounds of Q, his work has much to offer." Catholic Biblical Quarterly

"This book represents his growing interest and expertise in the retroversion of Jesus' sayings and pericopae about him into Aramaic." Journal of Biblical Literature

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