As a couple of readers here and over at my Naked Bible blog have brought up the recent proposal that the Coptic text in question is a fake, I thought I would direct readers to this short (6 pp.) explanation from Prof. Francis Watson as to how he thinks it was done....
Coptic Fragment
List of “Jesus Had a Wife” Articles
Over at the Bible Places blog, Todd Bolen has posted a helpful list of online posts/essays on the new Coptic text that has Jesus addressing his wife. Have a look!
The Humanity of Jesus: Could Jesus Have Been Married?
I’m sure by now readers have heard the recent announcement that Dr. Karen King of Harvard has announced (in Rome at a conference) that she is in possession of a small fragment of a Coptic manuscript that has Jesus addressing his wife (the line reads:...
Ancient Coptic Fragment Has Jesus Alluding to His Wife
The New York Times published this article today about Professor Karen King’s apparent discovery of a fragment of an ancient text, likely composed a few centuries after the apostolic era, that in part reads, “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife …’” This would be...