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Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel Maurice Casey (University of Nottingham)

Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel By Maurice Casey (University of Nottingham)

Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel by Maurice Casey (University of Nottingham)


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This 1999 book goes behind the Greek text of the Gospel of Mark and reconstructs some of its sources in the original Aramaic, the language which 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.

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Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel by Maurice Casey (University of Nottingham)

This 1999 book was the first to use all the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls to reconstruct original Aramaic sources from parts of Mark's Gospel. The scrolls enabled the author to revolutionize the methodology of such work, and to reconstruct whole passages which he interpreted in their original cultural context. The passages from which sources are reconstructed are Mark 9.11-13; 2.23-3.6; 10.35-45; and 14.12-26. A detailed discussion of each passage is offered, demonstrating that these sources are completely accurate accounts from the ministry of Jesus, from early sabbath disputes to his final Passover. An account of the translation process is given, showing how problems in Mark's text arose from the difficulty of translating some Aramaic expressions into Greek, including the notoriously difficult 'son of man'. A very early date for these sources is proposed, implying a date of c. 40 CE for Mark's Gospel.

Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel Reviews

'... this learned and very informative work has much to offer on the Aramaic of Jesus and the Gospel tradition.' The Heythrop Journal
'... represent what is probably the most significant contribution in English to the study of the Aramaic background of the Jesus movement and the production of the Gospels since Matthew Black's An Aramaic Approach to the Gospels and Acts, first published in 1946.' Neotestamentica

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.

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NLS9780521036139
9780521036139
0521036135
Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel by Maurice Casey (University of Nottingham)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2007-04-23
292
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