Friday, April 25, 2014

Flocking to 'Other Christianities:' Like Seagulls to Trash Piles


In October 2012, I talked about a Smithsonian Channel documentary that examined a fourth-century papyrus fragment in which Jesus purportedly refers to His "wife."

At the time, I noted that even if it weren't a blatant forgery, there was ample reason to be skeptical about what the fragment purported to tell us.

Well, now the fragment is back in the news, and not only is skepticism about the fragment itself still warranted, but we should also ask ourselves what lies behind the continuing interest in the fragment and similar documents. Keep reading

See also
It’s Back — The “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife” and the State of Modern Scholarship

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