[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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