Papyrus fragment appears to quote Jesus Christ discussing his wife.
Heather Saul Independent 11 April 2014
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What is a C1 C8 C14 and C21 ? I am wondering also if the colloquial expressions on the papyrus of “my wife” and “my disciple” are expressions of speech to enable others to understand the relationship between men and women in relationship. as there is only a fragment it is quite possible that the context has been lost with the missing pieces so the wods are what the words are, but in a different context could mean something entirely different. How many times have you role played in preaching the word for instance?
If someone lived in the C14, would you trust a C21 tradition about him that nobody had heard of?
The C8 papyrus and ink are roughly contemporaneous with Sigebehrt, King of Wessex. The text is not recognisable as any otherwise known text, although it has many phrases also found in the Gospel of Thomas.
If authentic, it tells us nothing about C1 Jesus of Nazareth, but it does lend support to the guess that some ‘heterodox’ Christians were discussing women, marriage, and discipleship.
Even if not authentic, the spectacle tells us something about C21 scholarship on Jesus.