The Gospel of Jesus' Wife? When Sensationalism Masquerades as Scholarship
The Gospel of Jesus' Wife? When Sensationalism Masquerades as Scholarship
By Albert Mohler
http://www.albertmohler.com/
September 20, 2012
The whole world changed on Tuesday. At least, that is what many would have us to believe.Smithsonian magazine, published by the Smithsonian Institution, declares that the news released Tuesday was "apt to send jolts through the world of biblical scholarship - and beyond." Really?
What was this news? Professor Karen King of the Harvard Divinity School announced at a conference in Rome that she had identified an ancient papyrus fragment that includes the phrase, "Jesus said to them, 'My wife.'" Within hours, headlines around the world advertised the announcement with headlines like "Ancient Papyrus Could Be Evidence that Jesus Had a Wife"(The Telegraph) .
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Albert Mohler
http://www.albertmohler.com/
September 20, 2012
The whole world changed on Tuesday. At least, that is what many would have us to believe.Smithsonian magazine, published by the Smithsonian Institution, declares that the news released Tuesday was "apt to send jolts through the world of biblical scholarship - and beyond." Really?What was this news? Professor Karen King of the Harvard Divinity School announced at a conference in Rome that she had identified an ancient papyrus fragment that includes the phrase, "Jesus said to them, 'My wife.'" Within hours, headlines around the world advertised the announcement with headlines like "Ancient Papyrus Could Be Evidence that Jesus Had a Wife"(The Telegraph) .
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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