Quentin Quesnell’s "Secret Mark" Secret
Unbeknownst to most, in June of 1983, Quentin Quesnell made a visit to Jerusalem in order to personally inspect the Mar Saba document known as the Letter to Theodore. This is significant because it adds Quesnell to a small group of people who have testified to have seen the Letter to Theodore in per...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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| In: |
Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2017, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 353-378 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAA Church history KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Secret Mark
Letter to Theodore
Mar Saba
Morton Smith
Quentin Quesnell
papyrology
early Christian apocrypha
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| Summary: | Unbeknownst to most, in June of 1983, Quentin Quesnell made a visit to Jerusalem in order to personally inspect the Mar Saba document known as the Letter to Theodore. This is significant because it adds Quesnell to a small group of people who have testified to have seen the Letter to Theodore in person, and an even smaller group who have commented on its appearance and contents first-hand. Following Quesnell’s death in 2012 many of his personal belongings were acquired by Smith College (Northampton) and recently released to the public for viewing. Among Quesnell’s belongings was a journal full of notes, along with photos and letters to his wife Jean Higgins, all relating to Morton Smith’s discovery of the Letter to Theodore at Mar Saba and to Quesnell’s 1983 visit to Jerusalem. On the basis of these documents the following article offers a summary of Quesnell’s part in the debate over Smith’s discovery and a report of his inspection of the manuscript. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0720 |
| Contains: | In: Vigiliae Christianae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341305 |