"The Mary of today started not with Christ's birth, nor with the Gospels, but with a second-century document called 'The Infancy Gospel of James'" ("Life" magazine). Reputedly written by James, the brother of Jesus, this ancient biography tells of Mary's birth, her upbringing in the temple, and of Jesus's birth in a cave. Twelve pages of color reproductions trace the influence of this gospel on Western and Byzantine art.
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"The Mary of today started not with Christ's birth, nor with the Gospels, but with a second-century document called 'The Infancy Gospel of James'" ("Life" magazine). Reputedly written by James, the brother of Jesus, this ancient biography tells of Mary's birth, her upbringing in the temple, and of Jesus's birth in a cave. Twelve pages of color reproductions trace the influence of this gospel on Western and Byzantine art.
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