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I just received notification that Review of Biblical Literature<\/em><\/a> has published my review of Ancient Gospel or Modern Forgery?: The Secret Gospel of Mark in Debate: Proceedings from the 2011 York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium<\/a>\"\"<\/i>, edited by Tony Burke. This is how it concludes:<\/p>\n

I think it is indisputable that this volume represents an extremely important contribution\u00a0to the study of Secret Mark. We hear from most of the major scholars involved in its\u00a0study side by side in a single volume and are presented with most of the viewpoints they\u00a0articulate and arguments they offer. The volume illustrates the difficulties involved in\u00a0drawing conclusions about the authenticity of Secret Mark. If I had read only the papers\u00a0that call it a forgery, I would be certain they were right. If I had read only the others, it\u00a0would baffle me how anyone can still think it is a forgery. Reading both, I think that the\u00a0case for authenticity is significantly stronger. But within this volume, most of the major\u00a0questions, pieces of evidence, and difficult challenges are articulated clearly and\u00a0effectively. The aim of reaching consensus has not been achieved, but the necessary\u00a0groundwork if future scholars are to have any prospect of reaching that goal is certainly\u00a0laid here. So I recommend this volume to anyone who is interested in Secret Mark or in\u00a0the Gospel of Mark or in Clement and Alexandrian Christianity but most of all \u201cto the\u00a0one who knows\u201d for certain that the work is authentic or inauthentic. The opposing\u00a0viewpoints you encounter here will certainly\u00a0provide food for thought, and they need to\u00a0be considered before drawing a conclusion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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