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Papyrus referencing Jesus’ wife dates back to ancient times

Clip: 4/13/2014 | 3m 27s

Papyrus referencing Jesus’ wife dates back to ancient times

Papyrus referencing Jesus’ wife dates back to ancient times Experts at Columbia, MIT and Harvard have concluded through scientific testing that a small papyrus fragment that quotes Jesus making references to “my wife,” is in fact from ancient times. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Michael Peppard, a theology professor at Fordham University, about the religious ramifications of this discovery.

04/13/2014 | Rating NR

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