• Was A Secret Gospel of Mark Discovered?

  • Aug 27 2024
  • Length: 47 mins
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Was A Secret Gospel of Mark Discovered?

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  • When a scholar claims to have discovered a new text from early Christianity, it can send shockwaves through the academic community.

    In the case of the "Secret Gospel of Mark," the shockwaves are still being felt today after over 65 years later. And scholars still can't agree on whether the text in question is authentically ancient, a modern forgery, or something else.

    There are huge implications. The traces of this "secret Gospel" allegedly discovered in 1958 by Morton Smith, a professor of ancient history at Columbia University, have been interpreted (by Smith himself) to indicate that Jesus engaged in homosexual rituals with the followers he baptized in the nude. In this week’s episode, we’re discussing the discovery of this amazing text, what it actually says, and how scholars have interpreted the intriguing passages it contain
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