A Harvard historian admitted recently that she “absolutely” has doubts about the authenticity of the ancient papyrus fragment that she calls the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife.”
via ‘Gospel of Jesus’ Wife’ Historian Admits to Having Doubts About Authenticity.
Uh… Well…
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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That just leaves James McGrath to convince!
[...] fiction” in Egypt.UPDATE: James Tabor shared a link to this post with some comments, while Joel Watts linked to a Christian Post article emphasizing Karen King’s own doubts about the [...]
My question is: if she had doubts why did she have a news conference announcing the discovery and participate in the documentary?