Is it possible that a fifth Gospel has been found, depicting Jesus as Mary Magdaleneâ??s husband? That is the claim of Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson, whose new book, The Lost Gospel, comes out today.
They have translated a manuscript in the Syriac language from about AD570, which had been sitting quietly in the British Library since 1847. It is the tale of Joseph and his wife Aseneth. This is the Joseph from Genesis, with the coat of many colours. In the Bible, Aseneth is called Asenath, and she bears Joseph two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh.
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