In my previous post I described the announcement of a papyrus fragment that Harvard professor Karen L. King titled “The Gospel of Jesus Wife” because it apparently contains the phrase “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife….'” I suggested then some scholars had already pointed to a number of problems that suggested the writing on the papyrus is not from the 4th century, but is a modern forgery. That judgment seems even more likely now. It appears that the text is a collage of words and phrases from and already well-known Gnostic document, The Gospel of Thomas. Apparently the text on the papyrus was copied from an online transcription of Thomas. The Evangelical Textual Criticism blog has the details.
What did Paul teach about slavery?
What did Paul actually teach about slavery — and does it speak to modern controversies? In this episode of Theologically Driven, host Phil Cecil continues his conversation with Dr. Meyer about Paul's view of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. They examine key passages...