Secret Mark Interlinear

This page includes the world’s first interlinear of the Secret Gospel of Mark.

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Other Gospels proudly presents Secret Mark as part of our Open Scriptures initiative. The Greek text was translated by Samuel Zinner and edited by Mark Mattison via our financial support. Both scholars then took the text to produce the above interlinear.

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How to cite

Zinner, Samuel. . Translated by Samuel Zinner, edited by Mark Mattison, technical editing by Rachel Bousfield. Other Gospels. (accessed ).

Bibliogrophy

Adam, A. K. M., Fragment of the Letter of Clement to Theodore Containing the Secret Gospel of Mark: A Study Edition (Edition 1.0, April 2018; Oxford: Quadriga, 2018): https://www.academia.edu/36451074/Clement_to_Theodore_the_Secret_Gospel_of_Mark_A_Study_Edition

Russell, James R., “On the Unknown,” Voprosy Teologii 1 (forthcoming, 2025). The journal is available online: <https://theologyjournal.spbu.ru/>. I thank Professor Russel for kindly sharing with me a copy of his forthcoming essay.

Smith, Morton, Clement of Alexandria and the Secret Gospel of Mark (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973).

Tselikas, Agamemnon, in “Did Morton Smith Forge ‘Secret Mark’?” Biblical Archæology (14 October, 2009), links available at: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bible-interpretation/agamemnon-tselikas-handwriting-analysis-report/

Viklund, Roger; Timo S. Paananen, “Distortion of the Scribal Hand in the Images of Clement’s Letter to Theodore,” Vigiliae Christianae 67 (2013): pp. 235-247.

This English-order variant was created by Rachel Bousfield using Zinner’s and Mattison’s Greek. There may be errors.

How to cite:

Bousfield, Rachel. . Translated by Samuel Zinner, edited by Mark Mattison, english derivation by Rachel Bousfield. Other Gospels. (accessed ).