GJW and the Failure of Early Christian Studies

ALIN SUCIU: Guest Post: Timothy Pettipiece – Jesus’ Wife and the Failure of Early Christian Studies.

The real interest of this fragment, assuming its authenticity, is to underscore the immense and ongoing diversity of opinions within the early church during the 2nd and 3rd centuries. This sophisticated analysis, which scholars of early Christianity have been building for over a century (and which is arguably more offensive to conservative Christian sensibilities than Jesus’ marriage), is simply not part of the general public’s imagination.

Background on the Gospel of Jesus' Wife is here and links.