Per Beskow
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Per E. Beskow is a Swedish biblical scholar. In 1985 his Strange Tales was one of the first books to cast doubt on Morton Smith
's Secret Gospel of Mark
. Smith responded by threatening to sue Fortress Press.
Morton Smith
Morton Smith was an American professor of ancient history at Columbia University. He is best known for his controversial discovery of the Mar Saba letter, a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria containing excerpts from a Secret Gospel of Mark, during a visit to the monastery at Mar Saba in...
's Secret Gospel of Mark
Secret Gospel of Mark
The Secret Gospel of Mark is a putative non-canonical Christian gospel known exclusively from the Mar Saba letter, which describes Secret Mark as an expanded version of the canonical Gospel of Mark with some episodes elucidated, written for an initiated elite.In 1973 Morton Smith , professor of...
. Smith responded by threatening to sue Fortress Press.