Morton Smith
American historian and academic (1915–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the former Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America, see Morton H. Smith.
Morton Smith (May 28, 1915 – July 11, 1991)[1][2] was an American professor of ancient history at Columbia University. He is best known for his reported 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 1958. This letter fragment has had many names, from The Secret Gospel through The Mar Saba Fragment and the Theodoros.
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Born | (1915-05-28)May 28, 1915 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | July 11, 1991(1991-07-11) (aged 76) |
Occupation | Historian |
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Education | Harvard University Hebrew University (Ph.D.) Harvard Divinity School (Th.D.) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical scholar |
Institutions | Columbia University |
Main interests | Mar Saba letter |
Notable works | Jesus the Magician |
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