The Gospel of Jesus' Wife: Textual Evidence of Modern Forgery*

The present essay summarises textual evidence indicating that the Gospel of Jesus' Wife is essentially a ‘patchwork' of words and short phrases culled from the lone extant Coptic manuscript of the Gospel of Thomas (Nag Hammadi Codex ii), prepared by a forger using Michael W. Grondin's...

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Main Author: Bernhard, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 61, Issue: 3, Pages: 335-355
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Evangelium der Frau Jesu / Forgery / Gospel of Thomas / Coptic language
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAA Church history
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Jesus' Wife
B Gospel
B fake
B Forgery
B Fragment
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Summary:The present essay summarises textual evidence indicating that the Gospel of Jesus' Wife is essentially a ‘patchwork' of words and short phrases culled from the lone extant Coptic manuscript of the Gospel of Thomas (Nag Hammadi Codex ii), prepared by a forger using Michael W. Grondin's 2002 PDF edition of this manuscript. The text contains at least five tell-tale signs of its modern origin, including the apparent replication of a typographical (and grammatical) error from Grondin's edition. A direct link between it and Grondin's work also seems to be confirmed by the earliest known English translation of the fragment.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688515000077