NT Pod 40 discusses an amusing agraphon that turned out to be a hoax, and the joke that preceded it. It is just under ten minutes long.
NT Pod 40: "Teeth will be provided" (mp3)
NT Pod 40: "Teeth will be provided" (mp3) (Alternative location)
Key texts: Matt. 24.51
References:
Ehrman, Bart D., Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003): 69-70
Carlson, Stephen C., The Gospel Hoax: Morton Smith's Invention of Secret Mark (Waco, Tex: Baylor University Press, 2005): 17-19
Metzger, Bruce, "Literary Forgeries and Canonical Pseudepigrapha," JBL 91 (1972): 3-24
Coleman-Norton, Paul, "An Amusing Agraphon," CBQ 12 (1950): 439-49.
"Anecdotes", Annie Besant (ed.), Our Corner V (1885): 120.
"Under the Spreading Chesnut Tree," Everybody's Magazine XXIV (January-June 1911): 142.
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I hadn't ever heard of the joke, much less the hoax. Fun summer listening. Thanks Mark.
ReplyDeleteFr. Dan
Thanks, Fr. Dan.
ReplyDeleteAny chance of a podcast on Secret Mark and the controversy about that hoax (if one is inclined to call it a hoax)?
ReplyDeleteNice idea. Will give it some thought.
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