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The best one could argue IMHO is that Morton Smith read QDS recognized the underlying argument necessitating ... reference to a collection of letters of Clement at Mar Saba and invented it) and forged it based on the implication ...

... and those who say that Secret Mark means Morton Smith was gay or some such nonsense? Or there is this gem ... works. But if the pulp fiction work the Mystery of Mar Saba can be used by the other side why not these too?

... without corroborating evidence. In the case of Morton Smith, a written confession, papers which show him working ... the case of a collection of letters of Clement at Mar Saba, so with regards to a 'secret gospel' used by the heretics ...

... of Clementine letters existed at Mar Saba as late of the 9th century. The fragment of ... There is no compelling argument to claim that Morton Smith forged the document. If it was an ancient forgery ...

... Clement once existed. Sure it is possible that Morton Smith scoured every Patristic witness he could find, ascertained ... of Clement of Alexandria's letters once existed at Mar Saba after reading Hunter's pulp fiction novel on the naked ...

... novel about the discovery of a text at Mar Saba. Keep Secret Mark outside. Smith never read that book. What about the forger's tremors ... a shitty image and blamed the anomalies on forgery. Morton Smith was gay, Secret Mark deals with homosexuality ...

... people use your 'gut' to determine that Mar Saba 65 is a forgery perpetrated by Morton Smith can have any issues when I use my 'gut' to say that I agree ...

... people lie. When for instance scholars accused Morton Smith of lying about his discovery of a manuscript at Mar Saba it was an incredible claim because in fact we assume that everyone ...

... does seem to be a connection between the Mar Saba letter and the type of esotericism associated ... The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross (1970), not Morton Smith. However, Smith does make some curious references ...

... taught Dionysius really existed. (Maybe he was really the pagan philosopher Proclus ) There does seem to be a connection between the Mar Saba letter and the type of esotericism associated with Proclus pseudo-Dionysius and the supposed Hierotheos. Andrew Criddle