Motus Mentis

13 Comments

1. Jeffery Hodges says

   I took a look at the Coptic, and it does appear to have Jesus saying, “My wife.”

   The article notes that this text has no historical value on the question of Jesus’s actual marital status, rather that it tells us more about differing opinions from a time later than the early first century.

   I’m not surprised by the text since I’ve read several Coptic texts presenting Jesus kissing Mary Magdalene and calling her a disciple, also of little value on the historical Jesus.

   Jeffery Hodges

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   Posted September 18, 2012 at 2:00 pm | Permalink
2. Malcolm says

   Yes, I saw that. Still of interest, though; even the Gospels themselves are dated to sometime later in the first century, if memory serves.

   Posted September 18, 2012 at 2:07 pm | Permalink
3. Dom says

   All it said was, “my wife…”. As in “My wife, uh, my life, I meant to say life … “.

   Posted September 18, 2012 at 4:57 pm | Permalink
4. TheBigHenry says

   Has anyone seen my fife?

   Posted September 19, 2012 at 12:16 am | Permalink
5. Jeffery Hodges says

   And Jesus said to them, “My trouble and strife . . .”

   Jeffery Hodges

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   Posted September 20, 2012 at 1:25 pm | Permalink
6. TheBigHenry says

   And He said onto Judas, “Hand me my knife … handle forward, if you please.”

   Posted September 21, 2012 at 2:46 pm | Permalink
7. TheBigHenry says

   “My trouble and strife . . .”

   Beware the German version …

   Posted September 21, 2012 at 3:09 pm | Permalink
8. Jeffery Hodges says

   I was actually thinking of the Cockney slang, where “trouble and strife” means “wife” . . .

   Jeffery Hodges

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   Posted September 21, 2012 at 4:35 pm | Permalink
9. Malcolm says

   As seen here.

   Posted September 21, 2012 at 4:54 pm | Permalink
10. TheBigHenry says

    WARNING: Gross humor follows!

    The working title for Hitler’s unfinished biography of his girlfriend/wife was:

    “Mein Kant”

    Posted September 21, 2012 at 5:06 pm | Permalink
11. Jeffery Hodges says

    Mein Kant . . . is that masculine or neuter?

    Jeffery Hodges

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    Posted September 21, 2012 at 6:06 pm | Permalink
12. TheBigHenry says

    My guess would be: neutered.

    Posted September 21, 2012 at 8:29 pm | Permalink
13. Jeffery Hodges says

    That reminds me of a Pynchon poem:

    Hitler has only one left ball,
    Goering has two, but they are small,
    Himmler has something similar,
    But poor Goebbels has no balls at all.

    Jeffery Hodges

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    Posted September 22, 2012 at 4:55 am | Permalink