Episcopal Seminary Chats Up "Gospel of Jesus's Wife"
Episcopal Seminary Chats Up "Gospel of Jesus's Wife"
By Jeff Walton
http://www.theird.org/
September 28, 2012
Professor Katharine Shaner examines an image of the Coptic fragment which some say reveals Jesus was married. (Photo credit: General Theological Seminary) A controversial fragment of parchment indicating Jesus Christ may have been married reveals nothing about the historic person of Jesus, but does help Christians to see their tradition differently, according to two New Testament professors at the oldest seminary of the Episcopal Church.
"We start to see that there were perhaps even fights about sex, marriage and gender," observed Professor Katherine Shaner about the early Christian church. "Conversations we are having today were had in antiquity as well."
Shaner spoke September 25 alongside fellow New Testament professor Deirdre Good in an online seminar hosted by the Episcopal Church's General Theological Seminary (GTS) in Manhattan. The seminar attracted over 150 participants, and had the two seminary professors translating Coptic, examining pen strokes and fielding questions for over an hour.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Jeff Walton
http://www.theird.org/
September 28, 2012
Professor Katharine Shaner examines an image of the Coptic fragment which some say reveals Jesus was married. (Photo credit: General Theological Seminary) A controversial fragment of parchment indicating Jesus Christ may have been married reveals nothing about the historic person of Jesus, but does help Christians to see their tradition differently, according to two New Testament professors at the oldest seminary of the Episcopal Church."We start to see that there were perhaps even fights about sex, marriage and gender," observed Professor Katherine Shaner about the early Christian church. "Conversations we are having today were had in antiquity as well."
Shaner spoke September 25 alongside fellow New Testament professor Deirdre Good in an online seminar hosted by the Episcopal Church's General Theological Seminary (GTS) in Manhattan. The seminar attracted over 150 participants, and had the two seminary professors translating Coptic, examining pen strokes and fielding questions for over an hour.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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