Was Jesus Married?

Here’s an article on CNN about the reported forgery of a sentence in an Coptic document.

Miriam of Migdal (Solari)

“How a mysterious man fooled a Harvard scholar into believing the ‘Gospel of Jesus’ Wife’ was real”

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/13/us/jesus-wife-gospel-forgery-sabar/index.html

By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Sun September 13, 2020

(CNN) In 2012 Karen King, a prestigious scholar at Harvard Divinity School, announced the academic discovery of a lifetime: a scrap of papyrus, purportedly from the early days of Christianity, in which Jesus refers to a woman as “my wife.” The text also includes the words “Mary” and “she is able to be my disciple.” It seemed, at first, like a blockbuster finding for feminist scholars and an existential threat to the Catholic Church’s all-male priesthood. King, who unveiled her find just steps from the Vatican, thought the fragment could validate her life’s work: claiming a place for women in the early days of Christianity.

But instead of overturning years of religious scholarship, King’s “discovery” capsized her career. The author goes on to quote a recent book that trashes King’s career. It’s the equivalent of the Vatican sending experts into the field to upend some heresy…