An ancient scrap of papyrus makes explicit reference to Jesus having a wife, according to a renowned expert in Christian history, external. Harvard divinity professor Karen King unveiled the ...

Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, said the text contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to "my wife," whom he identifies as Mary. King says the fragment of Coptic script is a ...

Magical texts from Egypt in Coptic script and language are at the centre of a research project at the University of Würzburg. They have now been collected and scientifically annotated for the first ...