Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Psalm Numbering xi
5. 1. ‘‘A Discovery of Extraordinary Importance’’ 1
6. 2. Questions 19
7. 3. The Secret Gospel and the Origins of Christian Liturgy 55
8. 4. The Secret Gospel and the Alexandrian Lectionaries 71
9. 5. A Gospel in Fragments 91
10. 6. Hypnotic Hymns 123
11. 7. The Happiness of the Dead: Morton Smith on Christian Morality 149
12. 8. Hellenistic Homosexualities 185
13. 9. Uranian Venus: A Homoerotic Subculture in English Universities 213
14. 10. The Wisdom of Salome 226
15. 11. The One Who Knows 240
16. Appendix: Morton Smith’s Translation of the Mar Saba Letter of Clement 253
17. Notes 257
18. Index of Ancient and Medieval Writings 327
19. General Index 334