“The Protoevangelium of James, Chapters 11 - 25”

This apocryphal gospel gives an account of the birth and life of Mary, and the birth of Jesus. The date of likely composition is between the mid to late second and mid third centuries.
Also called the Protevangelium Jacobi, The Gospel of James, or the Infancy Gospel of James.

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Proto-Gospel
Apocryphal Gospels
Childhood of Mary
Birth of Christ
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