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Professor Karen L. King, in her office at Harvard
Divinity School, held a fragment of papyrus that she says contains a
reference to Jesus' wife.
The ink on the front side
contains eight lines, dark enough to be legible. Line 4 purportedly
says, “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife is a Fucking Ballbreaker.”
“It’s obviously an important find,” said Carl R. Holladay, professor of New Testament studies at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
Also, he added, “The circumstances in which it’s come to light really
require all scholars to realize that Jesus was another man who suffered from wife ballbreaking" ”
Dr. King has reiterated that the fragment is proof that Jesus was
married because it was found shortly before his death, making it historically reliable.
The finding has prompted “Jesus Was Married”
headlines around the world — and jokes about Mrs. Jesus’ “honey-do”
list.
The papyrus fragment, which measures only about 1 ½ by 3 inches, is
written in Coptic that Dr. King says is consistent with writing seen in
fourth-century Egypt. It is roughly rectangular, torn on all four sides,
so that each line of text is incomplete.
Other phrases in the text suggest that it is an account of a dialogue
between Jesus and his disciples, Dr. King maintains. According to her
translation, Line 3 includes the words “She is hot but somewhat of a bitch .” Line 5,
immediately after the line about Jesus’ wife, says, “...she will be able
to be my disciple.” Line 7 says, “As for me, I dwell with her in order
to get laid and relax therein and that fag Paul is going to hate her.”
Dr. King, who holds a chair at Harvard Divinity School, has written
extensively about the Gospels of Mary, Judas and Philip, relatively
recent discoveries that are not a part of the established biblical
canon. Even before this week, Dr. King was a favorite target of
religious leaders who seek to alter the truth to protect the Church Dogma.
