A new book claims that a lost manuscript proves that Jesus was married to the prostitute Mary Magdalene and had two children. â??I swear Iâ??ve read this story,â? you say, checking the date on this article. And indeed you have. The Jesus-was-married theory made famous by and forever associated with Dan Brownâ??s Da Vinci Code has resurfaced in scholarly garb numerous times in the past 10 years. And each time a media firestorm ensues. Mary Magdalene, we just canâ??t quit you.
In The Lost Gospel, written by documentarian Simcha Jacobovici and York University professor Barrie Wilson, the authors claim they bring new evidence to bear on this question. They have translated a 1,450-year-old manuscript written in Syriac and housed in the British Library that they say proves Jesus had a wife, children, and close ties to the Roman authorities. They believe the manuscript is a Syriac translation of an earlier Greek text that may have been written by one of Jesusâ??s closest followers. In their own words, it â??tells a story that pre-dates the four Gospels of the Christian canon. Itâ??s a Gospel before the Gospels.â?
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