The Gospel of Jesus' Wife: Constructing a Context

It has been proposed that references to Jesus' relationship to Mary Magdalene in the Gospel of Philip 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 in Philip is determined by her...

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Published in:New Testament studies 2015-07, Vol.61 (3), p.292-313
Main Author: Gathercole, Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessing the “Jesus' Wife” Papyrus
Context
Egyptian Coptic
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Jesus Christ
Mary Magdalene, Saint
New Testament
Personal relationships
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Summary:It has been proposed that references to Jesus' relationship to Mary Magdalene in the Gospel of Philip 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 in Philip 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 the Gospel of Thomas, which the author appears to have known in precisely the text-form represented by the one surviving Coptic exemplar.
ISSN:0028-6885
1469-8145
DOI:10.1017/S0028688515000107