What the whole world thinks about the Secret Gospel of Mark (please vote!)
April 29th, 2008 by Danny ZachariasI have been reading with some interest for the past little while on the the Secret Gospel of Mark. I personally think Stephen Carlson has answered the question for us, but I try to stay open to other thoughts on the matter.
In case you would like to stay abreast of the online discussion on Secret Mark, Peter Jeffery has a great page here.
Just one more thing to say, and then I’ll get to the actual reason I am writing this post. Scot Brown described Peter Jeffery’s book as “a hermeneutics of desperation”. Perhaps it is just me, but a 47-page book review (not that I mind Brown taking advantage of the electronic medium) smacks a bit of a hermeneutic of desperation itself.
I am interested to know what the rest of the world actually thinks about the Secret Gospel of Mark. And since I know the entire academic world reads my substantial blog, I know that the poll below will give us an accurate view of the state of the question.
So without further ado, vote your opinion about the Secret Gospel of Mark! If you don’t like my wording, well then add your own option to the poll.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
[…] of now, about 75% of respondents to Danny Zacharias’ poll indicate they believe Secret Mark is a hoax created by Morton Smith. The only other response given […]
May 26th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I voted that the jury is out, though Carlson does make a convincing argument. Bart Ehrman treated this issue well in Lost Scriptures. he made the question as interesting and titillating as it should be, without sacrificing due diligence.