Evangelium Infantiae: Vel Liber Apocryphus de Infantia Servatoris

Creator

Date

1697

Identifier

Shoults Lb 1697 B

Type

Publisher

Trajecti ad Rhenum: Franciscum Halmam and Guiljelmum vande Water

Abstract

This double-page spread of Arabic-Latin printed text is from an important first edition of the Syriac Infancy Gospel, translated by Henry Sike, Professor of Oriental Languages at Cambridge, in 1697. Also known as the Arabic Infancy Gospel, Evangelium Infantiae concerns the childhood of Jesus. This apocryphal piece, originating from Syriac sources of the 5th and 6th centuries, reveals some amusing claims: a magic diaper that heals people; sweat (of Jesus) that turns into balm, and cures leprosy; and an early encounter for Jesus with Judas Iscariot.

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___, “Evangelium Infantiae: Vel Liber Apocryphus de Infantia Servatoris,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/10783.