Ancient gospel or modern forgery? : the Secret Gospel of Mark in debate / edited by Tony Burke ; foreword by Paul Foster.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Burke, Tony, 1968- editor.

Foster, Paul, 1966-

Conference Name:

York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium (2011 : Toronto, Canada). Proceedings. 2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secret Gospel according to Mark.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2013]

Summary:

In 1958, American historian of religion Morton Smith made an astounding discovery in the Mar Saba monastery in Jerusalem. Copied into the back of a seventeenth-century book was a lost letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150-215 CE) that contained excerpts from a longer version of the Gospel of Mark written by Mark himself and circulating in Alexandria, Egypt. More than fifty years after its discovery, the origins of this Secret Gospel of Mark remain contentious. Some consider it an authentic witness to an early form of Mark, perhaps even predating canonical Mark. Some claim it is a medieval or premodern forgery created by a monastic scribe. And others argue it is a forgery created by Morton Smith himself. All these positions are addressed in the papers contained in this volume. Nine North American scholars, internationally recognized for their contributions to the study of Secret Mark, met at York University in Toronto, Canada, in April 2011 to examine recent developments in scholarship on the gospel and the letter in which it is found. Their results represent a substantial step forward in determining the origins of this mysterious and controversial text.List of Contributors:Scott G. BrownTony BurkeStephen C. CarlsonBruce ChiltonCraig A. EvansPaul FosterCharles W. HedrickPeter JefferyAllan J. PantuckMarvin Meyer Hershel Shanks

Contents:

Foreword / Paul Foster

Preface ; Introduction / Tony Burke

Secret Mark: moving on from stalemate / Charles W. Hedrick

Provenience: reply to Charles Hedrick / Bruce Chilton

Morton Smith and the Secret Gospel of Mark: exploring the grounds for doubt / Craig A. Evans

Craig Evans and the Secret Gospel of Mark: exploring the grounds for doubt / Scott G. Brown and Allan J. Pantuck

Was Morton Smith the Bernie Madoff of the academy? / Hershel Shanks

The young streaker in secret and canonical Mark / Marvin Meyer

Halfway between Sabbatai Tzevi and Aleister Crowley: Morton Smith's "own concept of what Jesus 'must' have been" and, once again, the questions of evidence and motive / Pierluigi Piovanelli

A question of ability: what did he know and when did he know it? Further excavations from the Morton Smith archives / Allan J. Pantuck

Clement's mysteries and Morton Smith's magic / Peter Jeffery

Behind the seven veils, I: the gnostic life setting of the mystic gospel of Mark / Scott G. Brown

The Secret Gospel of Mark in debate: a scholarly Q and A

Appendix 1. Can the academy protect itself from one of its own? The case of secret Mark / Stephen C. Carlson

Appendix 2. The letter to Theodore.

Notes:

"Proceedings from the 2011 York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-336) and indexes.

Related Work:

York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium (2011 : Toronto, Canada). Proceedings. 2013.

ISBN:

1620321866

9781620321867

OCLC:

825735852

Publisher Number:

99953856720