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'Jesus's wife' papyrus is likely a fake, professor now says
Associated Press ^
| Jun 20, 2016 2:16 PM EDT
Posted on 06/20/2016 11:26:12 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A Harvard professor who caused a huge splash when she unveiled a small fragment of papyrus that she said referred to Jesus being married now says its likely a forgery.
In 2012, Harvard Divinity School Professor Karen King presented the fragment, which includes the phrase, Jesus said to them, my wife.
Since then, other scholars have raised doubts about the fragments authenticity.
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TOPICS: Education; History; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: antichristianbigotry; arielsabar; churchhistory; epigraphyandlanguage; fake; forgery; fraud; godsgravesglyphs; gospelofmary; harvard; harvarddivinity; jesuswife; karenking; liberalagenda; papyrus; veritas; weddingincana
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:26:12 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Who was the forger? Like I can’t guess.
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:26:56 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: Olog-hai
The pope must’ve gotten a heads up.
He just said most marriages were invalid.
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:28:22 AM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: Olog-hai
Um. Duh. Bible believing Christians know/knew this was fake.
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:29:59 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
To: Olog-hai
It took her four years to admit this? Maybe even Harvard hesitated to promote her.
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:30:15 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:30:33 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Cicero
Funny she does it when Obama is on the way out.
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:31:45 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
To: vpintheak
There were all manner of fake gospels current in the second century, and a manuscript of one of them is not "fake" in the sense of being a modern forgery.
This is not just a "fake gospel" it is a "fake fake gospel".
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:36:51 AM PDT
by
Salman
To: Salman
Exactly. An ancient document with incorrect information is one thing. A modern document passing for ancient is something else.
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:39:30 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Estos sufrimientos pasaran, y la esperanza una salida marcara." ~ Abp. Romero)
To: Cicero
Maybe even Harvard hesitated to promote her.Low cheekbones.
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:40:05 AM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: Olog-hai
the Atlantic article (online) is highly entertaining.
ps:
wouldn’t it be nice if the mass media would do even one-half the “investigative” job on the Islamic invasion-organizing-and-enabling illegal immigrant in our WH? But no, “pay no attention to the little man behind the curtain....there’s nothing to see there!....”
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:46:22 AM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
To: Salman
"This is not just a "fake gospel" it is a "fake fake gospel".
Just like the gnostic Gospel of Mark. It was shown to be a forgery and thus a fake fake gospel.
To: circlecity
The Muslims are still fond of the “Gospel” of Barnabas.
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:47:59 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
I was suspicious when I saw it was written in ball point pen...
To: vpintheak
How would Jesus being married or not affect his divinity one way or the other?
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:51:09 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: Olog-hai
What gave it away as a forgery? Maybe because is was written on a typewriter?
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:56:51 AM PDT
by
seawolf101
(This)
To: Olog-hai
Maybe the papyrus was about somebody named Jesus Maria Rodriguez. :o)
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posted on
06/20/2016 11:58:33 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
To: MUDDOG
Low cheekbones. Awesome reference!
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posted on
06/20/2016 12:07:41 PM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: seawolf101
After four years of intense historical research, they determined that Comic Sans font was not in use at the time of the manuscript’s purported writing.
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