Diogenes wrote:The handwriting is quite similar to that used by Morton Smith himself in marginal notes that he added in Greek to his private papers, which he requested to be burnt.And because you believe the letter is a forgery, does not make it so. That is merely your opinion.
Many letters show a "forger's tremor", when the writer stopped his pen in the middle of a letter.
We have no alternative ancient evidence of such a Secret Gospel or of such a letter by Clement, and despite similarities, there are also disagreements between the letter and what Clement says elsewhere.
The similarities in style and vocabulary to Mark and Clement are certainly striking. However, in both cases statistical evidence has been presented that the similarities are too good to be true and suggest a deliberate imitation rather than an authentic work.
There are aspects that can be interpreted as clues left by Morton Smith that he had written the letter--a reference to (Morton?) salt, a quoted passage from scripture which skips a verse containing the word "smith".[citation needed]Stephen C. Carlson, in The Gospel Hoax: Morton Smith’s Invention of Secret Mark (2005) suggests the work is a scholarly hoax by Morton Smith largely based on forensic handwriting analysis, backed by arcane clues supposed to be planted by Morton Smith. See the review by Roger Pearse] and aad that of Craig Blomberg, Denver Seminary, for brief surveys of some of the arguments presented in the book.
Just 'my opinion'.
No. It's Wikipedia's opinion.
You lifted that verbatim, and tried to claim it as your own, you shameless twat?