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Unveiled Small Fragment of Papyrus Likely to be Fake
Boston – A Harvard professor who caused a very big splash when she said she unveiled a very small fragment of the papyrus that she said that it was a proof that Jesus was married now say it’s likely forgery.
Karen King, who was a professor at Harvard Divinity School presented the piece of papyrus in Rome in 2012. The fragment is written in Coptic and it states that “Jesus said to them, my wife.”
After it came out, it sparked a lot of controversy leading to countless arguments among scholars. Doubts were also raised.
King said it is more likely than not that the fragment is a modern forgery. She cited an investigative article published last week on the website of The Atlantic magazine that raised questions about the owner of papyrus, Florida businessman Walter Fritz.
The Atlantic also was the first to report her concession that the papyrus is likely a fake.
“If you ask me today which direction am I leaning more toward — ancient text or a modern forgery — based on this new evidence, I’m leaning toward modern forgery,” King told The Associated Press.
