Veritas : a Harvard professor, a con man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife
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Stevens Memorial Community Library - Attica - Nonfiction
229.8 SABA
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229.8 SABA
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xii, 401 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-385) and index.
Description
"In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star professor at the Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster discovery at a scholarly conference just steps from the Vatican: She had found an ancient fragment of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene "my wife." The discovery made front-page news around the world - if early Christians believed that Jesus was married, it would threaten not just the celibate, all-male priesthood, but the entire the 2,000-year history of the faith. Biblical scholars were in an uproar, but King had impeccable credentials as a world-renowned authority on female figures in the Gnostic gospels. The "Gospel of Jesus's Wife," as she titled her discovery, was both a crowning career achievement and powerful proof for her arguments that there were alternative, and much more inclusive, versions of Christianity from its beginnings. Assigned to write a story about King's find, award-winning journalist Ariel Sabar began to unearth disquieting questions about the papyrus. His globe-spanning investigation would lead to a rural hamlet in inland Florida, where he discovered a college dropout with a prophetess wife, a curious past in Germany, and a tortured relationship with the Catholic Church. The deeper Sabar dug into the mysteries of the "Gospel of Jesus's Wife," the more surreal the story became. VERITAS is at once a surprising detective story, a fascinating journey through the rarefied worlds of Biblical Studies and Egyptology, a piercing psychological portrait of a many-faced con artist, and a tragedy about a brilliant scholar handed a piece of ancient paper that appealed to her greatest hopes for Christianity--but forced a reckoning with fundamental questions about the line between reason and faith"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sabar, A. (2020). Veritas: a Harvard professor, a con man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sabar, Ariel. 2020. Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sabar, Ariel. Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife Doubleday, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sabar, Ariel. Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife First edition., Doubleday, 2020.
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