Morton Smith
American historian
Died when: 76 years 43 days (913 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Morton Smith (May 28, 1915 – July 11, 1991) 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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