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.

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

"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."

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