BY ERIC METAXAS , CHRISTIAN POST CONTRIBUTOR
July 24, 2016|6:58 am

Probably a fake. That's what a Harvard professor is saying about the "Jesus' wife" papyrus she once believed to be authentic. Why did folks fall for it in the first place?

Back in 2012 and in 2014 I told you about a papyrus fragment in which Jesus purportedly refers to His "wife."

On both occasions, I said there were many reasons to be skeptical about the fragment, both about what it said and about the authenticity of the fragment itself.

Well, a recent story in the Atlantic Monthly has so thoroughly debunked the so-called "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" that even the Harvard historian who has championed its authenticity admits that it's probably a fake.

And that leaves us with the question: Why were some people so eager to believe in it in the first place?

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