The secret Gospel of Mark unveiled: imagined rituals of sex, death, and madness in a biblical forgery

"A discovery of extraordinary importance" -- Questions -- The secret gospel and the origins of Christian liturgy -- The secret gospel and the Alexandrian lectionaries -- A gospel in fragments -- Hypnotic hymns -- The happiness of the dead: Morton Smith on Christian morality -- Hellenistic...

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Main Author: Jeffery, Peter 1953- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: New Haven [u.a.] Yale Univ. Press 2007
In:Year: 2007
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Secret Gospel of Mark
Further subjects:B Secret Gospel according to Mark
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Summary:"A discovery of extraordinary importance" -- Questions -- The secret gospel and the origins of Christian liturgy -- The secret gospel and the Alexandrian lectionaries -- A gospel in fragments -- Hypnotic hymns -- The happiness of the dead: Morton Smith on Christian morality -- Hellenistic homosexualities -- Uranian Venus: a homoerotic subculture in English universities -- The wisdom of Salome -- The one who knows -- Appendix: Morton Smith's translation of the Mar Saba letter of Clement
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0300117604