The Armenian Gospel of the Infancy

with three early versions of the Protevangelium of James

Abraham Terian

An entirely new contribution to the study of New Testament Apocrypha, the first ever translation of a rare document in its entirety, based on the earliest extant Armenian manuscript of this gospel.
Annotated with extensive references to other Infancy Gospels and related texts within the Armenian tradition, providing the significant variants in translation.
An appendix provides a translation of three distinct Armenian versions of the Protevangelium of James, the earliest of the Infancy Gospels.
Contributes to the study of early Christian literature, highlighting popular traditions in the Early Church that were known in both the East and the West. The Armenian Gospel of the Infancy is a sixth-century translation from a Syriac text that no longer exists.

The Armenian Gospel of the Infancy

with three early versions of the Protevangelium of James

Abraham Terian

Description

The Armenian Gospel of the Infancy is a sixth-century document, translated from an old Syriac version that no longer exists. It has never before translated into any modern language in its entirety and comprises of some forty stories about Jesus' family, birth, and childhood. These stories include references to Mary's Immaculate Conception through her ear, the foremother Eve's visit to the Christ child, and the schooling of Jesus, his encounters with his peers, and counsel against divorce and the death penalty.

The Armenian Gospel of the Infancy

with three early versions of the Protevangelium of James

Abraham Terian

Transcription of Armenian
Introduction
1. History of Scholarship
2. Origin and Date
3. Manuscripts and Recensions
4. Text and Translation
Translation
1. Childless Joachim and Anne
2. The Birth and Childhood of Mary
3. Mary in the Temple
4. Mary Given to Joseph
5. The Annunciation
6. The Suspicion and Rage of Joseph
7. Joseph and Mary Tried and Acquitted
8. The Birth of Jesus
9. Eve's Visit to the Cave
10. The Angel and the Shepherds
11. The Coming of the Magi
12. The Dedication on the Fortieth Day
13. The Massacre of the Children in Bethlehem
14. Zechariah Murdered in the Temple
15. The Flight to Egypt
16. Jesus and the Boys in an Arabian City
17. Jesus and the Boys in a Syrian City
18. Jesus and the Boys in a Canaanite City
19. Joseph Meets with a Pious King in Israel
20. Jesus Studies with Gamaliel and Works with Joseph
21. Jesus Works as a Dyer with Israel in Tiberias
22. Jesus Does Wonders and Raises a Dead Boy in Arimathea
23. Jesus Does Other Wonders and Miracles
24. Jesus Heals a Paralized Boy Near Emmaus
25. Jesus Arbitrates between Two Brothers Near Nazareth
26. Jesus Heals a Syrian Man Near Galilee
27. Jesus Heals an Old Physician on His Way to Jerusalem
28. Jesus Arbitrates between Two Soldiers
29. Jesus Heals the Son of a Syro-Phoenician Woman
30. Jesus Arbitrates between a Couple about to Divorce
31. Jesus and a Tax Collector on the Road to Nazareth
32. Jesus and a Despondent Scribe in Galilee
33. Jesus and Two Outlaws
34. Jesus Opposes the Death Penalty
35. Jesus Helps a Lost Lad on His Way to Ramla
36. Jesus Heals a Bridegroom at a Wedding in Ramla
37. Jesus from Age Fifteen to Thirty
Appendices
I. Three Early Armenian Versions of the Protevangelium of James
II. Chapter Headings in Manuscripts of Recension B of the Armenian Infancy Gospel
Bibliography
Indices