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>> but scholars tend to read that passage as symbolic rather than as a literal relationship or secret marriage between jesus and mary magdalene. >> scholars have not been persuaded over the years that jesus was married. we know of jews who were unmarried. it's interesting that the jews who were single and celibate were men who shared the same point of view as jesus. >> perhaps the biggest problem with the gnostic gospels is that they were written decades and even centuries after the gospels of matthew, mark, luke health care reform and john. -- luke, and john. for some historians, that passage of time raises serious questions of authenticity. >> the gnostic gospels are not early sources of christianity. they're documents that came into existence way after the actual

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