“UPDATE: The Reaction to Karen King’s Gospel Discovery”
The "Mary" in the controversial text, King says, may be Mary Magdalene, who was present at the Crucifixion. (Sandro Botticelli, The Mourning of Christ, c. 1490. Alte Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlugen, Munich/ BPK, Berlin/Art Resouce, NY)
“When the divinity scholar unveiled the papyrus fragment that she says refers to Jesus’ ‘wife,’ our reporter was there in Rome amidst the firestorm of criticism.”
Read the entire article at smithsonianmag.com by Ariel Sabar, the only reporter on the scene in Rome when the divinity scholar Karen King made the announcement.
This story is an update of < the news broken by Smithsonian magazine on September 18, 2012 >.
Read the original Communique article on the discovery.
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