Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel [Paperback]

This 1999 book utilizes all the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls to reconstruct Mark's sources in their original Aramaic.This 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. 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.This 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. 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.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.Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The state of play; 2. Method; 3. Jesus' scriptural understanding of John the Baptist's death: Mark 9.1113; 4. Two Sabbath controversies: Mark 2.233.6; 5. The question of Jacob and John: Mark 10.3545; 6. Jesus' final Passover with his disciples: Mark 14.1226; 7. Conclusions; Select bibliography; Index of passages discussed; lƒ#