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Jeffery, Peter, 1953-

The secret Gospel of Mark unveiled imagined rituals of sex, death, and madness in a biblical forgery / [electronic resource] : Peter Jeffery. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007. - xi, 340 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-326) and indexes.

"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.


Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2008.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780300135084 (electronic bk.) 0300135084 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Secret Gospel according to Mark.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Marcus (bijbelboek)
Handschriften.
Vervalsing.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BS2860.S42 / J44 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 229/.8