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Digesting it.

It would be interesting to see how the existence of an unnamed Egyptian gospel referenced in Clement of Alexandria with Salome as a star when Salome only appears in Mark isn't an argument for this gospel being the same as the one mentioned in the Letter to Theodore where the same Clement advises The...

When you have a moment Ben do be a dear and attempt to summarize the relevant arguments I overlooked which point to Smith specifically as the forger.

I was actually quite proud of it. I can similarly summarize the case for authenticity: 1. extraordinary things occur all the time 2. extraordinary things happen more often to people who make more attempts to accomplish extraordinary things 3. Morton Smith actively hunted for manuscripts at a time wh...

The argument for forgery runs something like this: 1. nothing extraordinary ever happens to anyone 2. Morton Smith discovered something extraordinary 3. the discovery of something extraordinary in a drab boring universe is ground for suspicion that what he found was a forgery 4. forgeries are made b...

There are no facts, only interpretations.

That statement explains 5 years of Giuseppe at this forum.

You're shamelessly putting the cart in front of the horse and ending up in a ditch and are absolutely proud of yourself for it.

is this an English idiom Outside the question of Secret Mark you'd expect at the very least that people who've been at this site and participated or observed thoughtful people having erudite discussions would at least be aware enough of their own limitations not to make a complete fool of themselve...

Already I don't like my answer to my own question.

Although I am a horrible person I would really appreciate everyone giving it a go and maybe we come up with three levels of certainty and divide all the material accordingly. Taking care of my bichon puppy has hopefully made me less horrible and disagreeable.