Gospel writer initially lacking craft in the Bible (3)
I believe the answer is:
ark
'craft in the bible' is the definition.
'ark' can be an answer for 'craft' (ark is a kind of craft). I'm unsure of the 'in the bible' bit.
'gospel writer initially lacking' is the wordplay.
'gospel writer' becomes 'mark' (the Gospel of Mark).
'initially lacking' means to remove the first letter.
'mark' with its initial letter removed is 'ARK'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ark that I've seen before include "(E.g. poem) that tells a story" , "The earliest vessel?" , "Noah's craft" , "Coffer" , "Ancient shelter" .)