Non-canonical (disputed)
Mar Saba letter (Secret Gospel of Mark)
handwriting judged 18th century; claims to copy Clement of Alexandria (c. 200) · Greek · paper (handwritten in a printed book of 1646)
No licensed photograph is attached to this record.
Where found
Mar Saba monastery
Reported by Morton Smith, 1958; authenticity hotly debated
Where it is now
Lost: last seen in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Library, Jerusalem (photographs survive)
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Found and held
The dark pin is the find-spot. The gold pin is the present holding. The dashed line connects them.
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Details
- Gregory-Aland
- Not recorded
- Size
- Not recorded
- Contents
- Letter attributed to Clement quoting a "secret" longer Mark
- Record status
- unverified
Also known as MARSABA, Secret Mark, Mar Saba, Theodore letter.
Authenticity disputed; the manuscript itself is no longer accessible.
Sources
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None recorded.