Shocking. "Jesus's wife" papyrus may be fake.

Post #389,175 by Another Scott 5/4/14 10:36:47 PM Reply	Shocking. "Jesus's wife" papyrus may be fake. http://www.nytimes.c...wife.html?hp&_r=0 New evidence discovered by a skeptical young scholar has raised fresh doubts about the authenticity of the scrap of papyrus known as the ÂGospel of JesusÂ Wife,Â a relic that has provoked fascination and fury since it was unveiled nearly two years ago by an eminent historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School. The latest finding comes only weeks after the Harvard Theological Review published a long-awaited lineup of articles by experts reporting that scientific testing and close examination of the papyrus had found no apparent evidence of forgery. But detractors of the JesusÂ Wife fragment remained unconvinced, and the contents of those articles gave them new material to investigate. A fragment of papyrus, known as the ÂGospel of JesusÂs Wife,Â has been analyzed by professors at Columbia University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who reported that it resembled other ancient papyri. Even the historian who first brought the papyrus to public attention, calling it a valuable clue that some early Christians believed Jesus was married, said this latest forgery accusation, by an American professor doing research in Germany, raises significant concerns and merits further examination, but is only one scenario and is not conclusive. [...] Any time something important, hundreds of years old, and shocking, suddenly appears out of nowhere, yet the person who "found" it doesn't want to be identified, well, it makes my BS detector start tingling. A helpful cheat sheet - http://www.lastwordo...lshit-prevention/ (it's going around G+ at the moment.) Cheers, Scott.
Post #389,187 by Ashton 5/5/14 4:18:49 AM Reply	Do I see a seminal omission? (not to be confused with a nocturnal emission) ;^> The crass is now the norm; even those seeking (only) 'recognition' rather than Direct C-notes are within that Crass Club; While there may be other reasons within any discovered example, varying from simple ineptness to omnipresent sloth, IMO we cannot grok this topic to fullness without first introducing, Cui bono? aka Who profits? via accepting as a factoid any of these billboards wrapped in Official-sounding parchment. (I Mean--base-motives are everywhere; recall the various tales of Pauling's efforts (while sick, in bed) to proceed from his hastily-scrawled helical-DNA 'What-if?' into a more refined/complete form/simultaneously the efforts of C & W to Publish First, etc.) (Pauling's passport delay via HUAC-infested State Department, doesn't fit any pattern of knowing-turpitude, it seems, but clearly that delay alone might have cost him #1 aka Discoverer.) Mix-in the plight of the un-Credited x-ray crystallographer who gave the pair The Clue, and we see clearly the Bono-part: fame; more al-punte: 'Second' is nil in such WInner-take-all sweepstakes. Just like with journalists and their employers. Is not our whole National Identity based upon, He who is not One-Up is One-Down. [??] --Alistair Sim in School for Scoundrels ... Lifetime-supply of them around. So you need to do diligent-BPP, all the while seeking motives for premeditated skullduggery--even if it all just seems classic-sloth or BS to fill space. Right? Maybe she thought this point goes-without-saying? PS: presume you've seen (rebroadcast tonight, here); On the Media Battling Bad Science Stories about new innovations in health appear almost daily in the media, but the claims are frequently overblown, misleading or completely false. In a TED talk from July, 2011, journalist Ben Goldacre talks about how to spot and avoid bad science. also the goddledygook link: http://www.ottawacit...757736/story.html {sigh} ..so many memes; so little closure :-0
Post #389,291 by jake123 5/9/14 9:21:03 AM Reply	I dunno given the nature of the papyrus, I wouldn't want to be identified either. Being identified would pretty much be the bat signal to the flying monkeys to come make your life a living hell.

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