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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968220603321

Autore

Brown Scott G (Scott Gregory), <1966->

Titolo

Mark's other gospel : rethinking Morton Smith's controversial discovery / / Scott G. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005

ISBN

9786610280780

9781280280788

1280280786

9780889209237

0889209235

9781417599677

1417599677

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 pages)

Collana

Studies in Christianity and Judaism = Etudes sur le christianisme et le judaisme ; ; 14

Disciplina

229/.8

Soggetti

RELIGION / Philosophy

RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament

RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-312) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Preface; List of Abbreviations; The Letter to Theodore; Part One: Rethinking the Dominant Paradigms; Part Two: Analysis of Markan Literary Techniques; Notes; Bibliography; Modern Authors Index; Ancient Sources Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Did the evangelist Mark write two versions of his gospel? According to a letter ascribed to Clement of Alexandria, Mark created a second, more spiritual edition of his gospel for theologically advanced Christians in Alexandria. Clement's letter contains two excerpts from this lost gospel, including a remarkably different account of the raising of Lazarus.    Forty-five years of cursory investigation have yielded five mutually exclusive paradigms, abundant confusion, and rumours of forgery. Strangely, one of the few things upon which most investigators



agree is that the letter's own