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Is Sex the Reason Some Insist Jesus Wasn’t Married?
Whatever one thinks of the authenticity or otherwise of the papyrus fragment that seems to be stuck with the title the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife,” I think it is useful that people are talking about the...
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Will the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife be Buried in the Talpiot Tomb?
David Meadows offered some more nails for the ossuary in which many are confident that the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife will be buried, and Sightings has an article entitled “The Swift Rise and Apparent...
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Here is a video of the recent Cadbury Lecture delivered by Mark Goodacre at the University of Birmingham: Click here to view the embedded video.
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Jesus the Widower
In discussions of whether Jesus was married, two main options are usually considered.One is that Jesus had never married. But in that case, it is objected, Jesus was rather unusual, and so it is...
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Married with Children? Recent Headlines About Jesus and Mary Magdalene
Lots of people have been sharing the “news” headlines that a Syriac text allegedly reveals that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children with her.The fact that the book these news articles are...
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Assessing the Lost Gospel
Mark Goodacre has been sharing Richard Bauckham’s response to the claims made in the book The Lost Gospel in installments. Here are links to the posts in question:Part 1: The Chronicle of...
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Leave My Robe Alone
A recent article on Simcha Jacobovici’s The Lost Gospel included Titian’s painting “Noli me Tangere,” which is in the public domain. I had seen the painting before, but the poses of the two figures...
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Was Peter…?
I asked students whether Peter (as in the apostle) was married. Some decided to Google it. What they discovered is that most people who start their inquiry with “Was Peter” are not interested in the...
View ArticleIs Sex the Reason Some Insist Jesus Wasn’t Married?
Whatever one thinks of the authenticity or otherwise of the papyrus fragment that seems to be stuck with the title the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife,” I think it is useful that people are talking about the...
View ArticleWill the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife be Buried in the Talpiot Tomb?
David Meadows offered some more nails for the ossuary in which many are confident that the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife will be buried, and Sightings has an article entitled “The Swift Rise and Apparent...
View ArticleMyths of Mary and the Married Jesus
Here is a video of the recent Cadbury Lecture delivered by Mark Goodacre at the University of Birmingham:
View ArticleJesus the Widower
In discussions of whether Jesus was married, two main options are usually considered. One is that Jesus had never married. But in that case, it is objected, Jesus was rather unusual, and so it is...
View ArticleOriginal Jesus Fish Discovered
In news that would be surprising if it were about any other “archaeologist” than Simcha Jacobovici, it has just been revealed that Jacobovici has unveiled yet another historic find – he has also...
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