{"product_id":"marks-other-gospel-rethinking-morton-smiths-controversial-discovery-9781554584499","title":"Mark's Other Gospel: Rethinking Morton Smith's Controversial Discovery","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid the evangelist Mark write two versions of his gospel? According to a letter ascribed to Clement of Alexandria, Mark created a second, more spiritual edition of his gospel for theologically advanced Christians in Alexandria. Clement's letter contains two excerpts from this lost gospel, including a remarkably different account of the raising of Lazarus. \u003cp\u003e Forty-five years of cursory investigation have yielded five mutually exclusive paradigms, abundant confusion, and rumours of forgery. Strangely, one of the few things upon which most investigators agree is that the letter's own explanation of the origin and purpose of this longer gospel need not be taken seriously. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark's Other Gospel: Rethinking Morton Smith's Controversial Discovery\u003c\/i\u003e calls this pervasive bias into question. After thoroughly critiquing the five main paradigms, Scott G. Brown demonstrates that the gospel excerpts not only sound like Mark, but also employ Mark's distinctive literary techniques, deepening this gospels theology and elucidating puzzling aspects of its narrative. This mystic gospel represents Mark's own response to the Alexandrian predilection to discover the essential truths of a philosophy beneath the literal level of revered texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eLetter to Theodore\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClement's Citations from the Longer Gospel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: Rethinking the Dominant Paradigm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: A Longer, Esoteric Version of Mark's Gospel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScholarly Assessments of the Longer Gospel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Literary Thesis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: The Question of the Authenticity of the Letter to Theodore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Manuscript\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Possibility of Modern Forgery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Possibility of Ancient Forgery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Longer Mark's Relation to Other Gospels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonger Mark's Basis in Oral Tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonger Mark's Relation to John\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonger Mark's Relation to Matthew and Luke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonger Mark's Relation to Non-Canonical Gospels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonger Mark's Relation to Canonical Mark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: The Nature of the Longer Gospel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClement's Conception of the Genre of the Longer Gospel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reason for the Discretion Surrounding the Use of the Longer Gospel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: The Original Purpose and Later Use of the Longer Gospel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Baptismal Reading of LGM 1b\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Baptismal Reading of the \u003ci\u003eLetter to Theodore\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternative Cultic Interpretations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Need for a Literary Perspective on LGM 1 and 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Original Purpose and Later Use of LGM 1 and 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: Analysis of Markan Literary Techniques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Longer Mark's Use of Intercalation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Formal Characteristics of Intercalation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hermeneutical Significance of Intercalation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcursus on the Relevance of Intercalation to the Question of the Authenticity of the \u003ci\u003eLetter to Theodore\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Longer Mark's Use of Framing Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Constitutes an \u003ci\u003eInclusio\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo Mark 10:32 and 16:7-8 Create an \u003ci\u003eInclusio\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLGM 1 and 2 and Mark 16:18 as a Frame for the Passion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: Longer Mark's Use of Verbal Echoes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReminiscences of the Man with Many Possessions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“And After Six Days”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Great Cry” from the Tomb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The Mystery of the Kingdom of God”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLGM 1:12 as an Elaboration of Themes Introduced in Mark 4:11-12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mystery of the Kingdom of God and the Markan Gospel's Imperative of Spiritual Understanding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeeper Understanding as a Literary Agenda Shared by the Longer and Shorter Gospels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: Conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Nature and Original Purpose of the Longer Gospel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho Wrote the Longer Gospel?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow and When Was the Longer Gospel Composed?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonger Mark's Relevance to Scholarship \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern Authors Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAncient Sources Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubject Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default 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