Home›Open Questions›Where are the Mar Saba leaves now, and does the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem still hold them?Open QuestionsWhere are the Mar Saba leaves now, and does the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem still hold them?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Where are the Mar Saba leaves now, and does the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem still hold them?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/where-are-the-mar-saba-leaves-now-and-does-the-greek-orthodox-patriarchate-of-jerusalem-still-hold-them.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Where are the Mar Saba leaves now, and does the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem still hold them?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/where-are-the-mar-saba-leaves-now-and-does-the-greek-orthodox-patriarchate-of-jerusalem-still-hold-themCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-where-are-the-mar-saba-leaves-now-and-do, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Where are the Mar Saba leaves now, and does the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem still hold them?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/where-are-the-mar-saba-leaves-now-and-does-the-greek-orthodox-patriarchate-of-jerusalem-still-hold-them}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe two and a half leaves carrying the letter ascribed to Clement of Alexandria were removed from their host volume in the patriarchate library, reportedly for separate conservation, and have not been publicly produced since. Searches reported in the 2000s did not locate them, and no statement of their whereabouts has been published by the library or by anyone else.What would resolve this A statement from the patriarchate library, or a catalogue entry recording the leaves as a separate item with a shelfmark, would settle whether they are still held. Producing them for ink and paper analysis would additionally settle the authenticity question that currently depends entirely on photographs.OpenManuscript librarianship and codicology, with analytical conservation science if the leaves are producedScott G. Brown, Mark's Other Gospel: Rethinking Morton Smith's Controversial DiscoveryCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnGreek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Custodians & Museums Well-attested Source Mark's Other Gospel: Rethinking Morton Smith's Controversial DiscoveryScott G. Browntier 1SourcesMark's Other Gospel: Rethinking Morton Smith's Controversial Discoverytier 1Scott G. Brown, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year