{"product_id":"the-protevangelium-of-james-9789042939981","title":"The Protevangelium of James","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the first modern collection of studies on important aspects        of the Protevangelium of James. The volume opens with three        chapters on introductory questions, such as the canonical or apocryphal        status of the Protevangelium in early Christianity, its date,        author and provenance, and the way it adapted and developed earlier        traditions about the birth of Jesus. The subsequent chapters first focus        on the protagonists Mary and Joseph, after which they discuss the Jewish        aspects of the Protevangelium, Salome’s manual inspection of        Mary, the place and nature of space in the Protevangelium, and        the question of the text’s consistency and coherence. The final two        chapters discuss a series of annunciation scenes in Christian and        Islamic literature, which are often heavily dependent on the        Protevangelium, and the latter’s reception in the Armenian        Gospel of the Infancy. The Appendix looks at the Armenian apocryphal        text entitled Script of the Lord’s Infancy, a witness to the        great popularity enjoyed in Armenia by the early Syriac apocryphal        stories of Christ’s birth and childhood. As has become usual, the volume        concludes with an extensive bibliography and a detailed index.","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51047063126359,"sku":"9789042939981","price":75.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-protevangelium-of-james-9789042939981","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}