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...
Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
More Evidence that So-Called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife was Forged
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
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...
Modern Forged Manuscripts on Actual Ancient Papyrus
Just wanted to pass this along from Jim Davila’s PaleoJudaica blog. Very interesting. Specific examples where someone took ancient papyrus and forged a document to pass off as an ancient text. (This of course pertains to the “Jesus’ wife”...
The “Jesus Wife” Fragment is a Fake: The Smoking Gun
Coptic scholar Christian Askeland deserves credit for demonstrating conclusively that the so-called “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” is a fake. Here’s a link that illustrates the fakery. What Askeland found makes it very obvious.