Exciting news everyday! But level heads must prevail. Dan Brown popularized it---he was not the first. These "rumors" have been around for centuries. Even in the second century Celsus argued that Jesus was a bastard. The "church" has fought it on every front. In my mind that is why there is a virgin birth story in Matthew and Luke. The church will demonize sex and wholeness in human relationships. Augustine will put the nail in the coffin. Poor man was so guilt ridden he could not stand to suffer alone so he insisted we join him! Of course my position in Jesus: A Would Be King is clear.
Back to the papyrus at hand. A third/fourth century Coptic fragment. Is it an original or a copy of a copy or a copy of an original documant? Who wrote it? What community held this view? Does it hark back to a real relationship or is it mystical, intuitive, wishful thinking? Possible? Yes!
Probable? No way of knowing---today at least. Emphatically yes? No scholar in therir right mind would say. Talpiot might have something to add to this conversation if the IAA would only allow DNA analysis and comparison.
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