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There is an interview with Karen King in the\u00a0Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em><\/a> (HT Jim Davila<\/a>). In it, she explains why she proceeded as she did, and mentions that she is looking for suggestions for a better name for the fragment.<\/p>\n

Peter Head discusses features of the papyrus fragment<\/a> that have received surprisingly little attention, and discusses what their relevance is to the matter of authenticity.<\/p>\n

In related news, John Byron shared a video of Simon Gathercole talking about apocryphal Gospels<\/a>, and Tim Kimberley asks if Jesus was married<\/a>. In almost but not entirely unrelated news<\/a>, IO9 has a piece about the top choice for a Halloween costume this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Since I posted this, there have been brief<\/a> updates<\/a>\u00a0and round-ups<\/a>,\u00a0including one by Michael Heiser<\/a>, as well as an unhelpful lumping of the papyrus with two items of uncertain authenticity by James Hannam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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