Mark's other gospel : rethinking Morton Smith's controversial discovery / Scott G. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Scott G. (Scott Gregory), 1966-

Contributor:

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

Series:

Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 15.

Studies in Christianity and Judaism = Etudes sur le christianisme et le judaisme ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secret Gospel according to Mark.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Did the evangelist Mark write two versions of his gospel? According to a letter ascribed to Clement of Alexandria, Mark created a second, more spiritual edition of his gospel for theologically advanced Christians in Alexandria. Clement's letter contains two excerpts from this lost gospel, including a remarkably different account of the raising of Lazarus. Forty-five years of cursory investigation have yielded five mutually exclusive paradigms, abundant confusion, and rumours of forgery. Strangely, one of the few things upon which most investigators agree is that the letter's own

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Preface; List of Abbreviations; The Letter to Theodore; Part One: Rethinking the Dominant Paradigms; Part Two: Analysis of Markan Literary Techniques; Notes; Bibliography; Modern Authors Index; Ancient Sources Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-312) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610280780

9781280280788

1280280786

9780889209237

0889209235

9781417599677

1417599677

OCLC:

753479469