Maurice Casey is British scholar of New Testament

New Testament

The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 and early Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

. He is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

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, having served there as Professor of New Testament Languages and Literature at the Department of Theology.

Casey's work has argued strongly for Aramaic sources behind the New Testament documents, specifically for Q and the Gospel of Mark

Gospel of Mark

The Gospel According to Mark , commonly shortened to the Gospel of Mark or simply Mark, is the second book of the New Testament. This canonical account of the life of Jesus of Nazareth is one of the three synoptic gospels. It was thought to be an epitome, which accounts for its place as the second...

. He has also contributed works on early Christology

Christology

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 and the use of the term Son of Man

Son of man

The phrase son of man is a primarily Semitic idiom that originated in Ancient Mesopotamia, used to denote humanity or self. The phrase is also used in Judaism and Christianity. The phrase used in the Greek, translated as Son of man is ὁ υἱὸς τοὺ ἀνθρώπου...

 within the New Testament Gospels in reference to Jesus

Jesus

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.

However Stanley E. Porter

Stanley E. Porter

Stanley E. Porter is an American academic specializing in New Testament studies and the grammar of Koine Greek.He studied at Point Loma College, San Diego, , Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois and earned his Ph.D. at the...

made a response to Casey in A response to Maurice Casey on the languages of Jesus citing modern scholarship that the linguistic environment of Roman Palestine was probably multilingual.

Selected bibliography

• Casey, Maurice. An Aramaic Approach to Q : Sources for the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
• Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
• From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God : The Origins and Development of New Testament Christology. Cambridge, England. Westminster/J. Knox Press, 1991.
• The Solution to The "Son of Man" Problem, Library of New Testament Studies 343. London ; New York: T & T Clark, 2007.
• Son of Man : The Interpretation and Influence of Daniel 7. London: SPCK, 1979.
• Casey, Maurice, and James G. Crossley. Judaism, Jewish Identities, and the Gospel Tradition : Essays in Honour of Maurice Casey, Bibleworld. London ; Oakville, CT: Equinox Pub., 2008.
• Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian's Account of His Life and Teaching. T&T Clark in London, New York, 2010.