Aramaic Jesus : tradition, identity, and Christianity's mother tongue / Bruce D. Chilton.

Author/creator Chilton, Bruce author.
Format Book
PublicationWaco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2025]
Descriptionxiv, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface and acknowledgments -- Prologue. The place of Jesus among Aramaic speakers -- Part I. Aramaic transliterations preserved in the canonical Greek gospels -- Part I Introduction -- I-1. Transliterations -- I-2. Fractured transliterations -- I-3. Recourse to Aramaic in the Gospel according to John -- Closing observations for Part I -- Part II. Retroversions into Aramaic from the canonical Greek gospels -- Part II introduction -- II-1. The Mishnaic stream -- II-2. The Petrine stream -- II-3. The Magdalene stream -- II-4. The Jacobean stream -- II-5. The Barnaban stream -- II-6. Supplement to the Mishnaic stream : James, the son of Zebedee -- II-7. Supplement to the Petrine stream : Peter's "son" Mark -- II-8. Supplement to the Jacobean stream : Silas -- II-9. Supplement to the Barnaban stream : Symeon Niger -- II-10. The gospel according to John -- Part III. Thematic correspondences : definitions and motifs -- III-1. Intersections, literary and preliterary -- III-2. Thematic emphases within streams of tradition : Purity --III-2 God's kingdom -- Feasting with God -- Forgiveness -- Judgment -- Talita- qumi -- Epilogue: The Aramaic Jesus in history.
Abstract "Traces the preservation and influence of Aramaic-language traditions in New Testament texts to offer new insights into the historical Jesus, early Christian beliefs, and the development of the Christian canon"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Chilton, Bruce. Aramaic Jesus Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2025] 9781481322263
LCCN 2024058152
ISBN9781481322232
ISBN1481322230 hardcover
ISBNadobe electronic book
ISBNelectronic publication

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