Christian Askeland Exposes Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Forgery

The Story Behind the Jesus’ Wife Fragment Fraud

by drmsheiser | Jun 15, 2016 | Jesus bloodline mythology

Update: 6/16/2016 – Karen King does the right thing in her response to the essay below, owns her mistake.] Jim West directs our attention to (in his words) “this damning essay” in The Atlantic that “sheds light on the fraud perpetrated on...

More Evidence that So-Called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife was Forged

by drmsheiser | Aug 28, 2015 | Jesus bloodline mythology

Hat tip to Mark Goodacre via Twitter for this update on the forgery. The post is by Coptologist Christian Askeland.

Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Forgery Subject of Latest NTS Journal – Free Access

by drmsheiser | Jul 6, 2015 | Jesus bloodline mythology

Thanks to Mark Goodacre for the the notice on this. The latest issue of the scholarly journal New Testament Studies is dedicated to exposing the fraudulent nature of the so-called “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife.” The editors have granted free access to the...

Jacobovici and Wilson’s Lost Gospel: Lengthy Review by Richard Bauckham

by drmsheiser | Dec 13, 2014 | Jesus bloodline mythology

Well-known New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham recently completed his lengthy review of the latest “Jesus revisionism” book by Jacobovici and Wilson that I’ve blogged about previously. Bauckham published his review in seven online installments,...

The Wife of Jesus Coptic Fragment: Another Update

by drmsheiser | Apr 10, 2014 | Jesus bloodline mythology

The New York Times online science page published a short article today wherein scientists who have examined the Coptic fragment that has Jesus referring to his wife (“my wife”) is more likely authentic than not. Sigh. The issue isn’t really if the...

New Book Critiquing Jesus Mythicism

by drmsheiser | Mar 21, 2014 | Jesus bloodline mythology

Another bad day for the Zeitgeist crowd. Prof. Larry Hurtado (Emeritus, University of Edinburgh) alerted his blog readers to a new book by Prof. Maurice Casey (Emeritus, Nottingham University). The title is Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths? Hurtado...

The “Jesus Wife” Fragment is a Fake: The Smoking Gun