U of C-owned Gospel of St. Mark a fake

Far from being devastated that the U. of C. was duped when it bought the fake from a Greek family in the late 1930s, the scholars who uncovered the truth are relieved.

“It’s actually tremendously satisfying to have a definite result,” said Margaret M. Mitchell, a professor at U. of C.’s Divinity School. “Scholarship depends as much as possible [about] being absolutely certain about these things.” Click here to read the full Sun-Times story.