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Annunciation to Joachim and Anna, fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1544–45 (detail). The Gospel of James (or the Protoevangelium of James) [Note 1] is a second-century infancy gospel telling of the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, her upbringing and marriage to Joseph, the journey of the couple to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and events immediately following.
The Gospel of James, also known as the Protoevangelium of James, and the Infancy Gospel of James, is an apocryphal gospel most likely written around the year 145 AD, expanding the infancy stories contained in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. It also presents a narrative concerning the birth and upbringing of Mary herself.
Mark Adamo's 2013 opera The Gospel of Mary Magdalene is based largely on the Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of John. The libretto also includes quotes from the Gospel of Thomas, Pistis Sophia and the Gospel of Philip. [30] A forgery of the Gospel of Mary Magdalene appears in the X-Files episode "Hollywood A.D."
Salome herself is clearly distinguished from "the midwife" in this infancy gospel attributed to James the Just, also known as the Protevangelion of James. The passage in Chapter XIX and XX reads, in the edition and translation by M. R. James: (Ch XIX, 3) And the midwife went forth of the cave and Salome met her.
Karen Leigh King (born February 16, 1954, raised in Sheridan, Montana) [1] 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.
But more recently James Royse argues that, with the possible exception of John 13:19, the corrections are all by the hand of the original copyist. [7] Elizabeth Schrader Polczer adds that, in the case of John 11, the copyist may have introduced an entirely new character, Martha , to the text, but this argument remains controversial.
John Dominic Crossan (born 17 February 1934) is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity and former Catholic priest who was a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar, and emeritus professor at DePaul University.
Maria Valtorta (14 March 1897 – 12 October 1961) was a Catholic Italian writer. She was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary who reported personal conversations with, and dictations from, Jesus Christ.