Secret Gospel of Mark controversy
How Morton Smith's Discovery of a Lost Letter by Clement of Alexandria
Scandalized Biblical Scholarship
http://www.gnosis.org/library/secm_commentary.htm
A controversial discovery of ancient manuscript fragments in 1958,
suggesting a homosexual tryst involving Jesus, that was excluded from the
Gospels.
The first fragment of the Secret Gospel of Mark, meant to be inserted
between Mark 10.34 and 35, reads:
" They came to Bethany. There was one woman there whose brother had died.
She came and prostrated herself before Jesus and spoke to him.
"Son of David, pity me!" But the disciples rebuked her. Jesus was angry and
went with her into the garden where the tomb was. Immediately a great cry
was heard from the tomb. And going up to it, Jesus rolled the stone away
from the door of the tomb, and immediately went in where the young man was.
Stretching out his hand, he lifted him up, taking hold his hand.
And the youth, looking intently at him, loved him and started begging him to
let him remain with him. And going out of the tomb, they went into the house
of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days Jesus gave him an order
and, at evening, the young man came to him wearing nothing but a linen
cloth. And he stayed with him for the night, because Jesus taught him the
mystery of the Kingdom of God. And then when he left he went back to the
other side of the Jordan. " [end]
A second fragment of Secret Mark is to be inserted into Mark 10.46. This has
long been recognized as a narrative snag in Mark's Gospel, as it awkwardly
reads, "Then they come to Jericho. As he was leaving Jericho with his
disciples..." This strange construction is not present in Secret Mark, which
reads:
" Then he came into Jericho. And the sister of the young man whom Jesus
loved was there with his mother and Salome, but Jesus would not receive
them. "
There's controversy over whether these fragments were originally in the
"Mark" Jesus story, or not.
However, there's no similar controversy over whether these following tracts
were original to the Jesus stories:
Thomas 114: Simon Peter says to them: "Let Mary go out from our midst, for
women are not worthy of life!"
Jesus says: "See, I will draw her so as to make her male so that she also
may become a living spirit like you males.
For every woman who has become male will enter the Kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 19:12 For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there
are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who
have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who
is able to receive this, let him receive it.
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 03 Aug 2008 17:51 GMT
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J A - 03 Aug 2008 18:56 GMT
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 03 Aug 2008 19:27 GMT
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J A - 03 Aug 2008 20:33 GMT
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 04 Aug 2008 10:24 GMT
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Mike Mordant - 04 Aug 2008 19:07 GMT
On Aug 4, 4:24 am, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <lov...@thetruth.com>
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 05 Aug 2008 11:24 GMT
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Mike Mordant - 05 Aug 2008 18:35 GMT
On Aug 5, 5:24 am, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <lov...@thetruth.com>
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 07 Aug 2008 04:25 GMT
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J A - 04 Aug 2008 23:14 GMT