Francis Watson and others have demonstrated that the new “Gospel” is in effect a collage of words and phrases from The Gospel of Thomas. Now, some very telling signs are turning up successively that the papyrus text has been copied from Mike Grondin’s on-line interlinear translation of the same. The possibility was pointed out first by Andrew Bernhard because of the awkward translation of line 6. From what I hear, Bernhard will present more compelling evidence on his website devoted to The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife very soon. Stay tuned!
Update: Voila (Andrew Bernhard)!
The straw that breaks the camel’s back: “Line 1 of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife fragment copies a typo from a website interlinear of Coptic Thomas“ (see Mark Goodacre’s post)
Our previous posts in chronological order:
Gospel of Jesus’ Wife (Askeland’s “live report” from the Coptic Congress in Rome where the fragment was announced by Karen King)
Yet Another Question about the So-Called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
A New Twist in the So-Called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Saga
Top-notch Coptologists Judges GJW to Be a Fake
Was Mrs Jesus Pimped?
More questions on Jesus’ Wife Fragment