An ancient scrap of papyrus makes explicit reference to Jesus having a wife, according to a renowned expert in Christian history, external. Harvard divinity professor Karen King unveiled the ...

"Magical" texts from Egypt in Coptic script and language are at the center of a research project at the University of Würzburg. They have now been collected and scientifically annotated for the first ...

Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, said the text contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to "my wife," whom he identifies as Mary. King says the fragment of Coptic script is a ...

A fragment of a 4th-century codex contains a dialogue between Jesus and his disciples in which Jesus speaks of “my wife.” This is the only extant ancient text which explicitly portrays Jesus as ...

A Harvard University professor on Tuesday unveiled a fourth-century fragment of papyrus she said is the only existing ancient text quoting Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife. Karen King, an ...

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An ancient scrap of papyrus makes explicit reference to Jesus having a wife, according to a renowned expert in Christian history, external. Harvard divinity professor Karen King unveiled the ...

An ancient scrap of papyrus dating back to the 4th Century states explicitly that Jesus had a wife, an expert in Christian history has claimed. A fragment of papyrus has thrown Jesus’ marital status ...