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The various versions of the Infancy Gospels illustrate how stories
about the Virgin and Child lend themselves to be told and retold -
much like the stories in the canonical Gospels. This first
translation of the full text of the Armenian Gospel of the Infancy,
itself derived from a sixth-century Syriac text that no longer
exists, provides two variants of the famous narrative and several
recensions or ancient editions. Stories about Jesus, many of them
unique to this gospel, are included to show how he exercised his
sovereign and divine will even as a child. This edition also
contains three early Armenian versions of the Protevangelium of
James, which with other ancient sources dependent on it (like the
Infancy Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew)
constitute the basic tradition in the formation of the later
Infancy Gospels. These writings are our earliest sources about the
parents of the Virgin Mary (Joachim and Anne) and her miraculous
birth. They also form the basis for the dogma of her Immaculate
Conception and perpetual virginity after the birth of Jesus, and
lay the ground for certain of the Marian feasts celebrated since
the fourth century. Terian's engaging introduction and annotation
of the texts place this rare document clearly in its cultural and
historical context and provide extensive references to the
surrounding textual tradition. These extraordinary stories will
appeal to all with an interest in the early church.
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