Review article
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS’ WIFE: AN ANCIENT SOURCE OR A CONTEMPORARY FORGERY?
Marko Marina
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Abstract
The paper deals with the question of authenticity of the socalled “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” which according to its content implies that Mary was Jesus’ wife. The article deals in detail with the context and chronology of events as well as recent scientific research. The article concludes that the controversial papyrus represents a contemporary forgery created by copying pieces of text and words from the existing Gospel of Thomas (Michael Grondin’s edition). The cause of the mass popularity of the papyrus is found in the prevailing spirit of the times, characterized by the popularity of so-called ‘alternative facts’.
Keywords
the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife; Jesus; Mary Magdalene; patchwork forgery; Gnosticism; early Christianity
Hrčak ID:
191034
URI
Publication date:
1.8.2017.
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