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The Gospel of Mary is an apocryphal book discovered in 1896 in a 5th-century papyrus codex. The codex Papyrus Berolinensis 8502 was purchased in Cairo by German scholar Karl Reinhardt. Although the work is popularly known as the Gospel of Mary, it is not canonical nor is it technically classed as a gospel by scholastic consensus. For example, Andrew Bernhard notes in his text-critical edition of non-canonical gospels that "the term 'gospel' is used as a label for any written text that is primarily focused on recounting the teachings and/or activities of Jesus during his adult life".〔Andrew E. Bernhard, ''Other Early Christian Gospels: A Critical Edition of the Surviving Greek Manuscripts'', Library of New Testament Studies 315 (London-New York: T & T Clark, 2006), p. 2. ISBN 0-567-04204-9.〕 == History == Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, also known as the Akhmim Codex, also contains the ''Apocryphon of John'', the ''Sophia of Jesus Christ'', and a summary of the ''Act of Peter''. All four works contained in the manuscript are written in Sahidic in a Coptic dialect.〔Christopher Tuckett, ''The Gospel of Mary'', p. 80.〕 Two other fragments of the ''Gospel of Mary'' have been discovered since, both written in Greek (Papyrus Oxyrhynchus L 3525 and Papyrus Rylands 463). P.Oxy. L 3525 "... was in fact found by Grenfell and Hunt some time between 1897 and 1906, but only published in 1983,"〔 ''Journal for the Study of the New Testament'' 27 (2005), p. 138–148.〕 by PJ Parsons.〔AD ('P.Oxy. L 3525', ) ''Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project'', Oxford University.〕 The two fragments were published in 1938 and 1983 respectively, and the Coptic translation was published in 1955 by Walter Till.〔Walter Curt Till (Editor): Die gnostischen Schriften des koptischen Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, übersetzt und bearbeitet, 1. ed 1955; 2. ed. by H. U. Schenke, 1971 pp. 24-32 and 62-79.〕 Most scholars agree that the original gospel was written in Greek sometime during the 2nd century.〔Evans, Craig A.. Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008.〕 However, Hollis Professor of Divinity Karen King at Harvard Divinity School suggests that it was written during the time of Christ.〔Karen L. King, ''The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the first woman apostle'', p. 148.〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gospel of Mary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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