The truth according to Bart D. Ehrman

[Mister Agenda]

First, if manuscripts said "written by Mark" or some such, would you accept it as actually written by Mark? Couldn't Ehrman or anyone else claim it a forgery?

Anyone can claim any document is a forgery. Whether I tend to accept that claim depends on the qualifications of the person making the claim.

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There was no disciple "Mark". This is why we look at it today and see it as authentic and not as a forgery like the "Gospel of Peter" which tried to use one of the disciple's names for its credibility.

Quite right, thanks for the correction.