The Story Behind the Jesus’ Wife Fragment Fraud
Update: 6/16/2016 – Karen King does the right thing in her response to the essay below, owns...
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Category: Jesus bloodline mythology
Review of Edited Volume of Papers Delivered at Jerusalem Conference on the Alleged Jesus Family Tomb
The Society of Biblical Literature’s Review of Biblical Literature just published a review...
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More Evidence that So-Called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife was Forged
Hat tip to Mark Goodacre via Twitter for this update on the forgery. The post is by Coptologist...
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Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Forgery Subject of Latest NTS Journal – Free Access
Thanks to Mark Goodacre for the the notice on this. The latest issue of the scholarly journal New...
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Jacobovici and Wilson’s Lost Gospel: Lengthy Review by Richard Bauckham
Well-known New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham recently completed his lengthy review of the...
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New Jesus Revisionist Hokum Book Getting Trashed by Scholars
By now most readers will have heard about the new book by Simcha Jacobivici (not a typo) and his...
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Aronofsky’s Noah Movie: What It Teaches Us About Christian Ignorance from the Pulpit to the Pew
I’m going to see Noah this week. In preparation, I’ve been reading reviews. If you do...
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Mythical Canon Fodder on Bible Secrets Revealed
Hope you caught the pun. Except for football, I don’t watch TV, so I sadly (!) missed this...
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The “Wife of Jesus” Coptic Fragment: An Update
Prof. Larry Hurtado recently called for those involved to give the public an update. He blogs here...
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Templar and Talpiot Twaddle: It Must be Easter
Ah, it’s that time of year again. Readers will be thrilled to know that Simcha Jacobovici is...
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Testing of “Jesus Wife” Coptic Fragment Ongoing
CNN’s religion blog recently posted that testing of the Coptic fragment that includes Jesus...
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Ancient Coptic Fragment Has Jesus Alluding to His Wife
The New York Times published this article today about Professor Karen King’s apparent...
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Human Skeletal Remains Discovered at Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel and its medieval associations are chronologically out of order for this blog, but...
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Dan Brown and the Grail That Never Was
That’s part of the title of this 2004 scholarly article that examines Brown’s Jesus...
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The Talpiot Jesus Tomb
An emailer asked me about this today, and I was quite surprised that I had never posted this paper...
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Jesus and Mary Magdalene: Husband and Wife in the Gnostic Gospels?
I came across this video of a presentation I gave some years ago on this topic. I really should...
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The Gospel of Thomas: Is it Really Earlier than the Canonical Gospels?
Many scholars think so, especially those trotted out by the Discovery Channel, PBS, etc. A lot of...
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Prepping For More Dan Brown Nonsense About Solomon’s Temple
I’m sure we’ve all heard the earth-shattering news by now, that Dan Brown’s...
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New Craptastic Jesus Bloodline Movie
Another fresh piece of cinematic claptrap has recently emerged (no, it’s not Indiana Jones...
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Was Cain Fathered by the Devil? No, Wait — Extraterrestrials
I’ve gotten more emails on this topic than I can shake a stick at, so I’ve decided to...
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