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003			OCoLC
005			20200901131257.0
008			190730s2020 nyuaf b 001 0deng
010			_a 2019029679
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020			_a9780385542586 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0385542585 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1117317817
042			_apcc
092			_a229.8 _bS113
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSabar, Ariel, _eauthor. _9181406
245	1	0	_aVeritas : _ba Harvard professor, a con man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife / _cAriel Sabar.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bDoubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, _c[2020]
300			_axii, 401 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: Rome -- Discovery -- Doubt -- Proofs -- The stranger -- The downturned book of revelations.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aKing, Karen L., _d1954- _9120950
600	0	0	_aJesus Christ _xWords _xExtra-canonical parallels.
630	0	0	_aGospel of Jesus's Wife _xManuscripts (Papyri) _xForgeries.
650		0	_aCoptic manuscripts (Papyri) _xForgeries.
650		0	_aForgery of antiquities. _9394368
650		0	_aForgery of manuscripts.
655		7	_aTrue crime stories. _2lcgft _99557
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