The Pseudopagrapica of Mark

Pseudopagrapica is a writing attributed to someone but not written by that person. In the 21st century, if I write a book and pretend that it was written by Barack Obama, that's forgery. But in the first century, that was absolutely common. And so when they say the Gospel of Mark, the Gospel of Matthew, it's the Gospel of the those who followed the teachings that Mark put forth. The rest are quite clearly written by his disciples.

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