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Wife' Wasn't Faked
Never has so much paper been devoted to such a little scrap of papyrus a scrap that suggests some Christians thought Jesus was a married man.
Here's the bottom line from more than 60 pages of studies focusing on a piece of papyrus inscribed with a text quoting Jesus as referring to "my wife": Months of lab tests show that document is not a modern-day forgery, as skeptics had claimed. The papyrus and the ink go back at least 1,100 years. But despite all that, some of the skeptics will never be convinced.
The studies, published Thursday in the Harvard Theological Review, represent the latest chapter in the years-long saga surrounding what Harvard theologian Karen King has dubbed the Gospel of Jesus' Wife. King brought the text into the global spotlight in September 2012
Scientific Tests Show 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' Wasn't Faked - NBC News
Never has so much paper been devoted to such a little scrap of papyrus a scrap that suggests some Christians thought Jesus was a married man.
Here's the bottom line from more than 60 pages of studies focusing on a piece of papyrus inscribed with a text quoting Jesus as referring to "my wife": Months of lab tests show that document is not a modern-day forgery, as skeptics had claimed. The papyrus and the ink go back at least 1,100 years. But despite all that, some of the skeptics will never be convinced.
The studies, published Thursday in the Harvard Theological Review, represent the latest chapter in the years-long saga surrounding what Harvard theologian Karen King has dubbed the Gospel of Jesus' Wife. King brought the text into the global spotlight in September 2012
Scientific Tests Show 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' Wasn't Faked - NBC News
