Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 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
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and indexes
