Veritas: a Harvard professor, a con man and the gospel of Jesus's wife
"In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star professor at the Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster discovery at a scholarly conference just steps from the Vatican: She had found an ancient fragment of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene "my wife." The discovery made front-page...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Doubleday
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Sabar, Ariel, 1971-, Veritas : A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife] (2020) (Crowe, Brandon D.)
[Rezension von: Sabar, Ariel, 1971-, Veritas : A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife] (2022) (Grindal, Gracia, 1943 -) |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Evangelium der Frau Jesu
/ Jesus Christus
/ Forgery
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King, Karen L (1954-)
B Forgery of manuscripts B Gospel of Jesus's Wife Manuscripts (Papyri) Forgeries B Coptic manuscripts (Papyri) Forgeries B Forgery of antiquities B Jesus Christ Words Extra-canonical parallels |
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| Summary: | "In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star professor at the Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster discovery at a scholarly conference just steps from the Vatican: She had found an ancient fragment of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene "my wife." The discovery made front-page news around the world - if early Christians believed that Jesus was married, it would threaten not just the celibate, all-male priesthood, but the entire the 2,000-year history of the faith. Biblical scholars were in an uproar, but King had impeccable credentials as a world-renowned authority on female figures in the Gnostic gospels. The "Gospel of Jesus's Wife," as she titled her discovery, was both a crowning career achievement and powerful proof for her arguments that there were alternative, and much more inclusive, versions of Christianity from its beginnings. Assigned to write a story about King's find, award-winning journalist Ariel Sabar began to unearth disquieting questions about the papyrus. His globe-spanning investigation would lead to a rural hamlet in inland Florida, where he discovered a college dropout with a prophetess wife, a curious past in Germany, and a tortured relationship with the Catholic Church. The deeper Sabar dug into the mysteries of the "Gospel of Jesus's Wife," the more surreal the story became. VERITAS is at once a surprising detective story, a fascinating journey through the rarefied worlds of Biblical Studies and Egyptology, a piercing psychological portrait of a many-faced con artist, and a tragedy about a brilliant scholar handed a piece of ancient paper that appealed to her greatest hopes for Christianity--but forced a reckoning with fundamental questions about the line between reason and faith"-- |
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| Item Description: | beinhaltet bibliographische Referenzen und Index |
| ISBN: | 0385542585 |