TY - GEN T1 - Mark's other gospel : rethinking Morton Smith's controversial discovery T2 - Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; A1 - Brown, Scott G. (Scott Gregory), 1966- LA - English PP - Waterloo, Ont. PB - Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des Sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press YR - 2005 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm60572008 AB - 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 extracts from this lost gospel, including a remarkable account of the raising of Lazarus. While scholars have reacted to this longer Gospel of Mark in different ways, after forty-five years of cursory investigation, one of the few things on which most scholars agree is that the letter's own explanation of the origin and purpose of this longer gospel need not be taken seriously. 'Mark's Other Gospel' calls this pervasive bias into question. After thoroughly critiquing the five competing scholarly paradigms regarding the gospel's status, Scott G Brown demonstrates that the gospel excerpts not only sound like Mark, but also employ Mark's distinctive literary techniques, deepening this gospel's theology and elucidating puzzling aspects of its narrative.; This 'mystic gospel' would have served the interests of educated Alexandrian readers, who expected to discover essential truths of a philosophy beneath the literal level of revered texts. OP - 332 NO - Includes indexes. CN - BS2860.S42 B76 2005eb SN - 1417599677 SN - 9781417599677 SN - 0889204616 SN - 9780889204614 SN - 1280280786 SN - 9781280280788 SN - 9780889209237 SN - 0889209235 KW - Secret Gospel according to Mark. KW - EĢvangile secret de Marc. KW - Secret Gospel according to Mark KW - RELIGION : Biblical Studies. KW - Geheime evangelie van Marcus (apocrief) KW - Marcus (bijbelboek) ER -