A newly revealed piece of papyrus offers fresh evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married, according to a Harvard Divinity School professor.<\/p>\n
A fourth-century codex in Coptic quotes Jesus referring to \u201cmy wife,\u201d\u009d Karen King, a scholar of early Christianity, said on Tuesday (Sept. 18). It is the only extant text in which Jesus is explicitly portrayed as betrothed, according to King.<\/p>\n
King is calling the receipt-sized slip of papyrus \u201cThe Gospel of Jesus\u2019 Wife.\u201d\u009d She believes it was originally written in Greek, and later translated into Coptic, an Egyptian language.<\/p>\n
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