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Morton Smith

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American historian and academic (1915-1991)

United StatesWritersLived 1915 to 1991 · aged 76
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Robert Morton Smith 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.

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Ancient Mar Saba monastery, founded in the fifth century.Ancient Mar Saba monastery, founded in the fifth century.Color photo of page 2 of the Mar Saba letter in which quotations from the Secret Gospel of Mark are made.Color photo of page 2 of the Mar Saba letter in which quotations from the Secret Gospel of Mark are made.

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Guggenheim Fellowship

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Robert Morton Smith 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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Lived 1915 to 1991 · aged 76
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