Traditional attribution
The Secret Gospel of Mark
Τὰ μυστικὰ τοῦ Μάρκου (carta de Mar Saba)
The letter quotes two passages from an expanded version of Mark intended for initiates, including the raising of a young man in Bethany who then spends a night with Jesus to be taught the mystery of the kingdom. It is recorded for its weight in scholarly debate, not as a secure ancient text.
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Authorship note
Known only from a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria that Morton Smith said he found copied into a book at the monastery of Mar Saba in 1958 and published in 1973. The manuscript, seen by very few scholars, is known mainly from photographs and its whereabouts are now unknown. Its authenticity is fiercely disputed and part of scholarship regards it as a modern forgery.
Editions and translations
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English
The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations
Oxford University Press, 2011
Translation: Bart D. Ehrman y Zlatko Pleše
ISBN 9780199732104
Texto original y traducción.
Jesus of Nazareth
Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark
The Conscious LibraryClement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark
Harvard University Press, 1973
Translation: Morton Smith
Edición y estudio del descubridor.
Other works by Jesus of Nazareth
- The Gospel according to Mark · 70
- The Gospel according to Matthew · 85
- The Gospel according to Luke · 85
- The Gospel according to John · 100
- The Q Source (Sayings Gospel Q) · 60
- The Gospel of Thomas · 125
- The Gospel of Peter · 150
- The Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) · 150
- The Gospel of Philip · 250
- The Gospel of Judas · 150
- The Infancy Gospel of Thomas · 150
- The Protevangelium of James · 150
- The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew · 625
- The Arabic Infancy Gospel · 550
- The History of Joseph the Carpenter · 600
- The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate) · 350
- The Letters of Christ and Abgar · 300
- The Epistle of the Apostles · 150
- Agrapha (Sayings of Jesus outside the Gospels)
- The Gospel according to the Hebrews · 125
- The Gospel of the Ebionites · 150
- The Gospel of the Nazareans · 150
- The Gospel of the Egyptians · 130
- The Egerton Gospel (Papyrus Egerton 2) · 150
- The Secret Book of James · 150
- The Dialogue of the Savior · 150
- The Book of Thomas the Contender · 200
- The Wisdom of Jesus Christ · 175
- The Secret Book of John · 180
- Pistis Sophia · 275
Sources
- Smith, Morton. Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark. Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press, 1973.
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