The Secret Gospel: The Discovery and Interpretation of the Secret Gospel According to MarkIn 1958, Morton Smith Traveled to Jerusalem to do research in the monastery library of Mar Saba, in the Judean Desert. What he found was no routine corroboration of New Testament history, but a precious fragment of a second-century document that would change our understanding of the work and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. |
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The Secret Gospel: The Discovery and Interpretation of the Secret Gospel ... Morton Smith No preview available - 1974 |
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