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Secret Gospel of Mark
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The Secret Gospel of Mark or the Mystic Gospel of Mark, also the Longer Gospel of Mark, is a putative longer and secret or mystic version of the Gospel of Mark. The gospel is mentioned exclusively in
The ancient Mar Saba monastery, c. 1900. At the top right is the Northern Tower harbouring the Tower Library, where Morton Smith in 1958 discovered th
The ancient Mar Saba monastery, c. 1900. At the top right is the Northern Tower harbouring the Tower Library, where Morton Smith in 1958 discovered the Vossius book with the inscribed letter of Clement.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch Benedict I of Jerusalem, who gave Morton Smith "permission to spend three weeks at Mar Saba [to] study the manuscripts th
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch Benedict I of Jerusalem, who gave Morton Smith "permission to spend three weeks at Mar Saba [to] study the manuscripts there"
Page two of Clement's letter to Theodore. The longer quotation from the Secret Gospel of Mark begins on the fourth row from the bottom with καὶ ἔρχοντ
Page two of Clement's letter to Theodore. The longer quotation from the Secret Gospel of Mark begins on the fourth row from the bottom with καὶ ἔρχονται εἰς βηθανίαν (and they come into Bethany). The actual size of the page is 198 x 148 mm, 7.8 x 5.8 in.
The American professor of ancient history, Morton Smith, teaching a graduate seminar on Paul at Columbia University in 1989
The American professor of ancient history, Morton Smith, teaching a graduate seminar on Paul at Columbia University in 1989
Naked fugitive
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The naked fugitive is an unidentified figure mentioned briefly in the Gospel of Mark, immediately after the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and the fleeing of all his disciples:
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…the practice by connecting it to Jesus's ministry, drawing from canonical biblical episodes such as Jesus's resurrection of Lazarus and the mysterious naked fugitive fleeing the scene of Jesus's arrest. Smith thought that the scene in which Jesus taught the young man "the mystery of the kingdom of God" at night…
Antonio da Correggio, The Betrayal of Christ, with a soldier in pursuit of Mark the Evangelist, c. 1522
Antonio da Correggio, The Betrayal of Christ, with a soldier in pursuit of Mark the Evangelist, c. 1522