Mark’s Other Gospel: Rethinking Morton Smith’s Controversial Discovery

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MARK’S OTHER GOSPEL  Rethinking Morton Smith’s Controversial Discovery brown_00_fm.qxd 2005/04/26 12:22 PM Page i Studies in Christianity and Judaism / Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme : 15 Studies in Christianity and Judaism / Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme publishes monographs on Christianity and Judaism in the last two centuries before the common era and the first six centuries of the common era, with a special interest in studies of their interrelationship or the cultural and social context in which they developed. GENERAL EDITOR: Peter Richardson University of Toronto EDITORIAL BOARD: Paula Fredrickson Boston University John Gager Princeton University Olivette Genest Université de Montréal Paul-Hubert Poirier Université Laval Adele Reinhartz Wilfrid Laurier University Stephen G. Wilson Carleton University brown_00_fm.qxd 2005/04/26 12:22 PM Page ii
MARK’S OTHER GOSPEL  Rethinking Morton Smith’s Controversial Discovery Scott G. Brown Studies in Christianity and Judaism / Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme : 15 Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/ Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2005 brown_00_fm.qxd 2005/04/26 12:22 PM Page iii This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our publishing activities. We acknowledge the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Brown, Scott G. (Scott Gregory), 1966– Mark’s other gospel : rethinking Morton Smith’s controversial discovery / Scott G. Brown. (Studies in Christianity and Judaism = Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsm ESCJ ; 15). Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-88920-461-6 1. Secret Gospel according to Mark. I. Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion II. Title. III. Series: Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 15. BS2860.S42B76 2005 229´.8 C2005-901621-3© 2005 Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion / Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses Cover design by Leslie Macredie. Cover image: St. Mark at his desk, from the Gospel of St. Mark (vellum) by French School (9th century), Ebbo Gospels (816–35) Ms 1 fol. 60v. Courtesy of Bibliotheque Municipale, Epernay, France/Giraudon/Bridgeman Art Library. Text design by Catharine Bonas-Taylor. Excerpts from Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark by Morton Smith reprinted by permission of the publisher from CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA AND A SECRET GOSPEL OF MARK by Morton Smith, pp. 446–48, 450, 452. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, Copyright ©1973 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Printed in Canada Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyright material used in this text, and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately. Any errors and omissions called to the publisher’s attention will be corrected in future printings. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. Order from: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 www.wlupress.wlu.ca brown_00_fm.qxd 2005/04/26 12:22 PM Page iv For my parents, Judy and Doug, Eric and Claire brown_00_fm.qxd 2005/04/26 12:22 PM Page v brown_00_fm.qxd 2005/04/26 12:22 PM Page vi ...