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A woman's name in the Bible was hidden due to corrupted Greek manuscripts and scribal errors.

Most scholars accepted the mistake for 150 years without questioning its validity.

A researcher suggests she held significant authority in early Christian communities as a "lady."

A BYU researcher has conclusively recovered the name of the woman who received the New Testament letter known as 2 John, according to a new book.

Meet Electa, an early Christian woman whose identity was concealed for nearly 2,000 years due to corrupted Greek texts and centuries of New Testament commentaries that mistakenly believed the original writer called her only “an elect lady.”

Her name has been considered a mystery because scribes copying original Greek texts accidentally dropped two letters, says

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