The Protevangelium of James
- Leuven Peeters 2020
- 336p 24 cm
- Studies on Early Christian Apocrypha - 16 .
- Studies on early Christian apocrypha ; 16. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-327) and index.
Apokryph oder doch geradezu kanoisch?: zur Rezeption des Protevangelium Jacobi im antiken Christentum / Th. R. Karmann -- Author, date and provenance of the Protevangelium of James / J.N. Bremmer -- Fortschreibung und Adaption früher Traditionen über die Geburt Jesu im Protevangelium Jacobi / J. Schröter -- The Mary-Temple correlation in the Protevangelium of James / J.A. Mihoc -- From theology to entertainment: Joseph in the Gospel of Matthew and the Protevangelium of James / B. Repschinski -- Israel, der Tempel und der theologische Ort des Protevangelium Jacobi / T. Nicklas -- Reflections on Salome's manual inspection of Mary / G. Emmenegger -- Orte der Verheissung: Orte der Bewahrung. Ein Versuc zum Raumkonzept im Protevangelium Jacobi / K. Huber -- The Protevangelium Jacobi and the emergence of the notion of consistency as a 'principle' within Christian theology / Th. O'Loughlin -- 'Not quite, Mary' (P.J. 11.3). The ins and outs of virginal conception in annunciation accounts / J.A. Doole -- The Protevangelium of James in the context of the 'Armenian Gospel of the Infancy' / M. Mamyan.
This 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.0.