The Gospel of Jesus' Wife: Constructing a Context
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Authors
Gathercole, S
Abstract
jats:pIt has been proposed that references to Jesus' relationship to Mary Magdalene in thejats:italicGospel of Philip</jats:italic>represent a possible context for an early gospel fragment in which Jesus refers to her as ‘My wife’. It will be argued here that Mary's relationship to Jesus injats:italicPhilip</jats:italic>is determined by her role as privileged recipient of revelation, not by her marital status. More significant in accounting for the Jesus' Wife fragment is thejats:italicGospel of Thomas</jats:italic>, which the author appears to have known in precisely the text-form represented by the one surviving Coptic exemplar.</jats:p>
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Keywords
Gospel of Philip, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Jesus' Wife, Mary Magdalene
Journal Title
New Testament Studies
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Journal ISSN
0028-6885
1469-8145
1469-8145
Volume Title
61
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)