The biggest problems were the grammatical errors in the text and the similarities between GJW and another early Christian Coptic text, the Gospel of Thomas. Francis Watson argued that all of the ...

Most scholars had long ago dismissed it as a fraud, based on analysis of the fragment’s Coptic text and other evidence ... she never checked into Fritz’s background or attempted to ...

REUTERS A noted religious scholar doubts the veracity of a papyrus text that purports to reveal that Jesus had a wife — but includes a typo. The Coptic text from The Gospel of Thomas ...

A newly deciphered Egyptian text, dating back almost 1,200 years, tells part of the crucifixion story of Jesus with apocryphal plot twists, some of which have never been seen before. Written in ...

Each page contains two columns of text, fourteen lines per page, with Coptic on the left, and Arabic on the right. The word anaphora is from the Greek αναφορα and means “offering.” It is the prayer in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox pope have delivered a joint blessing from St. Peter’s Square. The blessing Wednesday is a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate ...

Below the cross are five further lines of Coptic text, parts of which are broken off, rendering it more difficult to decipher. A special team of researchers, Waziri noted, will conduct further ...