Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel by Maurice Casey - ISBN: 9780521036139
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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.

Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel

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    292 pages

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    23 April 2007

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Summary

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 c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521036139
ISBN-10:0521036135
Author:Maurice Casey
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:292
Edition:1st
Release Date:23 April 2007
Weight:370g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm x 17mm
Series:Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
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Critics Review

‘… this learned and very informative work has much to offer on the Aramaic of Jesus and the Gospel tradition.‘The Heythrop Journal

’… 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

About The Author

Maurice Casey

Maurice Casey is Professor Emeritus of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham in England.

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