Ancient document referencing Jesus' wife may be a forgery

Name: Ancient document referencing Jesus' wife may be a forgery
Uploaded: 2014-05-04T21:37:01Z
Duration: P218S
Description: In April, scientific dating confirmed that papyrus containing references of Jesus having a wife were confirmed to be from ancient times. But new information has emerged to suggest this document was a forgery. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Michael Peppard about these new findings.

Clip: 05/04/2014 | 3m 38s

In April, scientific dating confirmed that papyrus containing references of Jesus having a wife were confirmed to be from ancient times. But new information has emerged to suggest this document was a forgery. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Michael Peppard about these new findings.

Aired: 05/04/14

Rating: NR

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