[B-Greek] Secret Mark

goranson at duke.edu goranson at duke.edu
Thu Dec 27 12:58:41 EST 2007



I note that Adela Yarbro-Collins, noted Mark scholar, considers
"Secret Mark" a fake. So do I. In Archaeology Sept. 1960 page 173 advised
readers to examine old books in old libraries for marginal notes, but Smith
failed to tell readers if the Voss book had marginalia. Smith failed to examine
a folder of older Mar Saba manuscript fragments--odd if he was looking for
notable mss. Smith did not bother to publish his catalog in English, though he
wrote it in English; odd, if cataloging were really his purpose. Smith failed
to go to Jerusalem, where most Mar Saba mss are kept, to check if another ms
existed by the "Secret Mark" scribe. Odd, had he thought the ms genuine.

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson


Quoting "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>:

> 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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