The secret Gospel of Mark unveiled : imagined rituals of sex, death, and madness in a biblical forgery /
Jeffery, Peter,1953-
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-326) and indexes.
"A discovery of extraordinary importance" -- Questions -- The secret gospel and the origins of Christian liturgy -- The secret gospel and the Alexandrian lectionaries -- A gospel in fragments -- Hypnotic hymns -- The happiness of the dead: Morton Smith on Christian morality -- Hellenistic homosexualities -- Uranian Venus: a homoerotic subculture in English universities -- The wisdom of Salome -- The one who knows -- Appendix: Morton Smith's translation of the Mar Saba letter of Clement.
Secret Gospel according to Mark.