You may have seen these headlines popping up a few weeks ago, so I'll admit that I'm a bit behind on this story. In some ways, though, I think it might be for the better. When I first saw news articles describing new findings about the wife of Jesus, I dismissed them and figured it was much ado about nothing. But then this article from Smithsonian Magazine came through one of the aggregators that I follow, and I figured it would be a good way to try to understand what had been released and get a better sense of its significance. I'm really glad that I chose to read this article because it does an excellent job of contextualizing this most recent -- and as it turns out, fascinating -- discovery.
"The Inside Story of a Controversial New Text About Jesus" by Ariel Sabar
Published in Smithsonian, September 18, 2012
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Inside-Story-of-the-Controversial-New-Text-About-Jesus-170177076.html?c=y&story=fullstory&src=longreads
Eric
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