The mystical gospel of Mark
Abstract
This article, divided into two parts, contains the results of our exegetical research on the mystical Gospel of St. Mark. In the first part, we analyze the only preserved passage of the mystical Gospel of St. Mark, a brief and mysterious version of the resurrection of Lazarus that ends with a mention of an evening instruction. We consider that the best way to determine its meaning and origin consists in studying how it operated in relation to its literary context, understanding it as an episode within the tenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Mark. In the second part, we will examine what the Epistle to Theodore himself can say about this Gospel and the purpose it had in the Church of ancient Alexandria.
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