A (Modern-Discovered) Gospel That Shows Jesus Was Married With Children?
Recently I've talked about "recently discovered Gospels" (e.g.,The Secret Gospel of Mark); and just now I remembered a tempest-in-a-tea-pot breathless announcement made ten years ago about a "new Gospel" that had been discovered that showed Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married with children. This is NOT the gnostic Gospel of Philip I've talked a number of times before (where Jesus is kissing Mary somehow, someway, and somewhere or other). Here's a post I published on it when the "news" first broke. It's still pretty interesting... ****************************** I have been repeatedly asked about the brand new news story, that a new Gospel has been discovered that shows that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that they had children. If this sounds like (bad) fiction to you (think Da Vinci Code) (or for movies: think “Last Temptation of Christ”), it is. The claim is completely bogus. This “new” Gospel is not a Gospel, but a text that scholars have known for roughly forever. It’s not a text about Jesus: it’s about Joseph (as in the [...]