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Sep 13, 2020 · CNN — In 2012 Karen King, a prestigious scholar at Harvard Divinity School, announced the academic discovery of a lifetime: a scrap of papyrus, purportedly from the early days of Christianity,...
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BA, University of MontanaPhD, Brown UniversityKaren L. King was appointed to the Divinity School in 1997 and from 2003 to 2009 served as the Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History. In October 2009, she became the first woman appointed as the Hollis Professor of Divinity, the oldest endowed chair in the United States (1721). Trained in comparative religions and historical studies, she pursues...
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Karen L. King is the Hollis Professor of Divinity and a scholar of Christianity and Gnosticism. She has written books on the Secret Revelation of John, the Gospel of Mary of Magdala, and the history of orthodoxy and heresy.
Karen Leigh King (born February 16, 1954, raised in Sheridan, Montana) is a historian of religion working in the field of Early Christianity, who is currently the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, in the oldest endowed chair in the United States (since 1721) She was the first woman to be appointed to the position.
In 2012, Harvard scholar Karen King announced a Coptic papyrus fragment that allegedly mentioned Jesus' wife. The fragment sparked a firestorm of criticism and debate among scholars and theologians.
Karen King studies texts from Christianity’s first centuries to reinterpret the history of the early church.
Karen L. King is a scholar of early Christianity and Gnosticism, and the author of What Is Gnosticism? and The Gospel of Mary. Learn about her research, publications, and awards on her Harvard University Press profile page.
Karen L. King is Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard University’s oldest endowed professorship (1721), and is the first woman to hold this chair. Trained in comparative religions and historical studies, she pursues teaching and research specialties in the history of Christianity.
