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Gospel of Jesus' Wife

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About the book

Gospel of Jesus' Wife is a short papyrus fragment in Coptic, now identified as a modern forgery. It is not a full book or a narrative work, but a tiny text fragment that drew attention because of the line it seems to preserve about Jesus. What matters here is the document itself and the controversy around it, rather than plot, characters, or a conventional literary structure.

It will appeal to readers interested in early Christianity, manuscript studies, forged texts, and the way a small fragment can spark a large debate. Its main feature is the history of how it was first presented as ancient and later understood to be fake. If you like religious texts, unusual artifacts, or questions of authenticity, this is the kind of item that rewards context more than a normal reading experience, and it sits closer to historical curiosity than to a book in the usual sense.

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Language
Coptic

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