▁and ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Mary , ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Philip ▁def ends ▁the ▁tradition ▁that ▁gives ▁Mary ▁Mag dal ene ▁special ▁insight ▁into ▁Jesus ' ▁teaching , ▁but ▁does ▁not ▁support ▁" tw enty - first - century ▁invent ions ▁concerning ▁Mary ▁Mag dal ene ▁as ▁Jesus ' ▁wife ▁and ▁mother ▁of ▁his ▁off spring ." ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁nov els ▁such ▁as ▁Dan ▁Brown ' s ▁The ▁Da ▁V inci ▁Code ▁have ▁encourag ed ▁the ▁popular ▁theory ▁that ▁Jesus ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁Mary ▁Mag dal ene . ▁The ▁An cient ▁Greek ▁manuscript ▁describes ▁Jesus ▁as ▁Mary ' s ▁" ko in on os ", ▁or ▁" comp an ion ", ▁which ▁may ▁sometimes ▁imply ▁a ▁sexual ▁relationship , ▁but ▁is ▁always ▁used ▁as ▁" a ▁met ap hor ▁for ▁a ▁deeper , ▁spiritual ▁partners hip ". ▁ ▁Date ▁of ▁composition ▁ ▁The ▁g ospel ' s ▁title ▁appears ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁manuscript ▁in ▁a ▁col oph on ; ▁the ▁only ▁connection ▁with ▁Philip ▁the ▁Apost le ▁within ▁the ▁text ▁is ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁apost le ▁mentioned ▁( at ▁ 7 3 , 8 ). ▁The ▁text ▁proper ▁makes ▁no ▁claim ▁to ▁be ▁from ▁Philip , ▁though , ▁similarly , ▁the ▁four ▁New ▁Testament ▁g osp els ▁make ▁no ▁explicit ▁claim ▁of ▁author ship . ▁The ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Philip ▁was ▁written ▁between ▁AD ▁ 1 5 0 ▁and ▁AD ▁ 3 5 0 , ▁while ▁Philip ▁himself ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁century , ▁making ▁it