The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife

September 19, 2012 by Tony

I seem to be arriving late to the discussion on the fragmentary Coptic manuscript that has been dubbed the Gospel of Jesus' Wife. Since I am not a Coptologist, I have little to add to what has been said so far (Jim Davila and Mark Goodacre offer useful introductions and roundups of media and blog posts), except to say that I share Jim's skepticism. The manuscript also doesn't look "right"–it is fragmentary yet is carefully cut, the script and penmanship is more crude than anything I have ever seen (though, again, I'm no Coptologist). I am eager to hear what Alin Suciu will say on his blog–he has already stated on facebook that he thinks it is a fake.

New blog: Michael J. Kruger’s “Canon Fodder”

September 8, 2012 by Tony

The list of biblio-bloggers has a new entry: Canon Fodder by Michael J. Kruger, co-author of the The Heresy of Orthodoxy (discussed HERE) and, most recently, Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books.

Readers of the Christian Apocrypha may find interesting Kruger's series of posts on "10 Misconceptions on the New Testament Canon" and his most recent post "Apocryphal Gospels and the Mainstream Media."