In 2012 an announcement about the discovery of a small papyrus fragment made international headlines because the ‘ancient’ text written on it contained a passage in which Jesus spoke the words ‘my wife’ – apparently an extraordinary challenge to Christian orthodoxy. Journalist Ariel Sabar describes his researches into the artefact’s provenance, which contributed to its exposure as a fake, and investigates how some scholars were duped into believing it genuine.
From award-winning author Ariel Sabar comes the gripping, true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that engulfed Harvard University.
In 2012, Dr Karen King, a star professor at Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster discovery. She had found an ancient fragment of papyrus - 'The Gospel of Jesus's Wife', as she titled it - in which Jesus called Mary Magdalene 'my wife'. Her announcement made international headlines. If early Christians believed that Jesus was married, it would upend the 2,000-year history of the world's predominant faith, threatening not just the celibate, all-male priesthood but sacred teachings on marriage, sex, and women's leadership.
As debates over the manuscript's authenticity raged, award-winning journalist Ariel Sabar set out to investigate a baffling mystery: where did this tiny scrap of papyrus come from? His indefatigable search for answers became an international true-crime story, in which, remarkably, he managed to solve the crime.
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