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... book had always been in the monastery (or at least been there before Morton Smith's discovery) when they created that certificate of authenticity. They could be wrong. ...

SA, for clarity, Smith's Greek text is a "transcription" and an error there would be transcribed incorrectly.

Which is a somewhat more relevant point than just saying mistranslated.

Yes.

... thought pattern which I don't think the evidence supports. For you it's Morton Smith or you don't want to hear it. That's a bad sign in a debate. There are a lot of possibilities ...

SA, for clarity, Smith's Greek text is a "transcription" and an error there would be transcribed incorrectly.

Which is a somewhat more relevant point than just saying mistranslated.

What if it turned out that Seraphim's handwriting resembled the Mar Saba author. Would that be enough to prove that Morton Smith was behind the forgery?

Smith mentioned an earlier fire for his scenario. And? Who fucking cares what Smith postulated. Even by saying such a thing like this you are showing you can't get out of what Smith wrote or imagined versus what could have ...

I am merely giving my opinion, Peter, that, given the huge publicity about this, that some reader would have found it, were it extant. That is apparently different than your opinion. OK, two opinions, then. I am not accusing you of dishonesty, and I hope the same applies to me. Thanks. I appreciate...

SA, you missed the point that the supposed earlier fragment would have been earlier writing.
Smith mentioned an earlier fire for his scenario.

I am merely giving my opinion, Peter, that, given the huge publicity about this, that some reader would have found it, were it extant.
That is apparently different than your opinion.
OK, two opinions, then.
I am not accusing you of dishonesty, and I hope the same applies to me.

... Greek handwriting." If it was someone other than Morton Smith what would be the right way for that monk to memorialize that fragment.