Morton Smith

Morton Smith (May 29, 1915 – July 11, 1991) was an American professor of ancient history at Columbia University. He is best known for his supposed discovery of the Mar Saba letter, a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria containing excerpts from a Secret Gospel of Mark, during a visit to the monastery at Mar Saba in 1958. This letter fragment has had many names, from The Secret Gospel through The Mar Saba Fragment and the Theodoros.

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Morton Smith
Birth dateMay 29, 1915
Birth place
Philadelphia
Date of deathJuly 11, 1991
Place of death
Manhattan

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External resources

  1. http://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2005/07/is-secret-gospel-of-mark-modern.html
  2. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=530960
  3. http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/Secret/secmark_home.html
  4. http://www.bib-arch.org/e-features/secret-mark-handwriting-analysis.asp
  5. http://www.digital-brilliance.com/kab/karr/HekRab/index.htm
  6. http://www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com/art_secret.htm
  7. http://www.thesecretgospel.com/secret-gospel-afterword.pdf
  8. http://www.westarinstitute.org/Periodicals/4R_Articles/secretmk.html