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The Secret Gospel of Mark Unveiled: Imagined Rituals of Sex, Death, and Madness in a Biblical Forgery
The Secret Gospel of Mark Unveiled Imagined Rituals of Sex Death and Madness in a Biblical Forgery
Author: Peter Jeffery
In 1958, Bible scholar Morton Smith announced the discovery of a sensational manuscript–a second-century letter written by St. Clement of Alexandria, who quotes an unknown, longer version of the Gospel of Mark. When Smith published the letter in 1973, he set off a firestorm of controversy that has raged ever since. Is the text authentic, o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300117608
ISBN-10: 0300117604
Publication Date: 12/18/2006
Pages: 352
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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