[B-Greek] Secret Mark

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Dec 26 21:05:16 EST 2007


Yes, I read "Decoding Mark." It involves a very elaborate conception of chiastic 
numerical relationships governing the entire text of Marcus. I didn't find it very
convincing; indeed, it seemed to me to require a very great suspension of
disbelief.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)

 
On Wednesday, December 26, 2007, at 07:14PM, "Mary Wells" <marywells at dr.com> wrote:
> Thanks.  I'll look into it and "Mark's Other Gospel".  Has anyone read
>"Decoding Mark"?  Apparently it supports the authenticity of SM.
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Carl W. Conrad"
>  To: "Matt Jones"
>  Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Secret Mark
>  Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:04:18 -0800
>
>
>  I would certainly urge anyone seriously studying Secret Mark to
>  include
>  Stephen Carlson's "The Gospel Hoax: Morton Smith's Invention of
>  Secret Mark."
>  It's not really an attack on Smith but a carefully-argued and
>  well-documented
>  analysis of the work. Carlson argues that Smith left several hints at
>  the
>  authorship of the document.
>
>  Carl W. Conrad
>  Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)
>
>
>  On Wednesday, December 26, 2007, at 10:58AM, "Matt Jones"
>  wrote:
>  > Probably the best current book is Scott Brown's "Mark's Other
>  > Gospel". Morton Smith wrote two books. One is out of print and
>  > the other is a
>  > popular version that doesn't really give a good analysis of the
>  topic,
>  > even though it is a good read. A couple of recent books have
>  attacked
>  > Secret Mark, or more accurately, Morton Smith, but I think Brown's
>  book
>  > probably has the most valuable information. I've heard rumors
>  someone is
>  > working on another book, but don't recall who.
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message -----
>  > From: "Mary Wells"
>  > To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>  > Subject: [B-Greek] Secret Mark
>  > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:24:10 -0500
>  >
>  >
>  > Anyone know of a really good source on the Secret Gospel of Mark?
>  >
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