Morton Smith in general

The Secret Gospel - Morton Smith

to find other means of earning a living. It hardly bears thinking about, but if you read this book you will have to think about it, for Morton Smith seems to have uncovered evidence that the Jesus of traditional Christianity is quite different from the Jesus of early Christianity. His discovery is based on this passage from the Gospel of Mark: 14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. Like many other passages in the Gospels, it's mysterious and seems to lack a full context. If it does, do the Gospels we now ...

The Secret Gospel - Morton Smith

to find other means of earning a living. It hardly bears thinking about, but if you read this book you will have to think about it, for Morton Smith seems to have uncovered evidence that the Jesus of traditional Christianity is quite different from the Jesus of early Christianity. His discovery is based on this passage from the Gospel of Mark: 14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. Like many other passages in the Gospels, it's mysterious and seems to lack a full context. If it does, do the Gospels we now ...