I would like to thank Francis Watson, Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University for the opportunity to publish the following short article: The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: How a fake Gospel-Fragment was composed
Francis Watson- now that’s a man who can be trusted. He’s a remarkable scholar and he knows the field just about as well as anyone. And his argument is absolutely convincing. Read it for yourself.
Shelf life for a lot of this ‘press conference archaeology’ a day or two. BAR will run it, Univ of NC-Charlotte, Canadian newspaper or two and finis.
till the discovery channel airs a special half a year later
I am amazed time and again how respected scholars are able to diagnose unprovenanced
items whit out seeing the actual material. It is a bit amateurish to declare an item as fake just
because is unprovenanced. But there is probably more at it which I am not able to
understand. Jim, please made it clear to me what is wrong with my approach.
it’s simple- no provenance, no scholarly worth. further, watson’s case is water tight.
I also found Watson’s case clear and convincing. Thanks for linking. Alin Suciu has this interesting interview too, though I had to use Google translate to get at it!
http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/stiinta/interviu-cu-istoricul-alin-suciu-de-ce-este-convins-ca-evanghelia-sotiei-lui-iisus-este-un-fals.html
I’ve now also uploaded an Introduction and Summary by Francis Watson, which will be useful for those who can’t follow the technical details in the main piece:
http://markgoodacre.org/Watson2.pdf
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