Table of Contents

Transcription of Armenian
Introduction
1: History of Scholarship
2: Origin and Date
3: Manuscripts and Recensions
4: Text and Translation
Translation
1: Childless Joachim and Anne
2: The Birth and Childhood of Mary
3: Mary in the Temple
4: Mary Given to Joseph
5: The Annunciation
6: The Suspicion and Rage of Joseph
7: Joseph and Mary Tried and Acquitted
8: The Birth of Jesus
9: Eve's Visit to the Cave
10: The Angel and the Shepherds
11: The Coming of the Magi
12: The Dedication on the Fortieth Day
13: The Massacre of the Children in Bethlehem
14: Zechariah Murdered in the Temple
15: The Flight to Egypt
16: Jesus and the Boys in an Arabian City
17: Jesus and the Boys in a Syrian City
18: Jesus and the Boys in a Canaanite City
19: Joseph Meets with a Pious King in Israel
20: Jesus Studies with Gamaliel and Works with Joseph
21: Jesus Works as a Dyer with Israel in Tiberias
22: Jesus Does Wonders and Raises a Dead Boy in Arimathea
23: Jesus Does Other Wonders and Miracles
24: Jesus Heals a Paralized Boy Near Emmaus
25: Jesus Arbitrates between Two Brothers Near Nazareth
26: Jesus Heals a Syrian Man Near Galilee
27: Jesus Heals an Old Physician on His Way to Jerusalem
28: Jesus Arbitrates between Two Soldiers
29: Jesus Heals the Son of a Syro-Phoenician Woman
30: Jesus Arbitrates between a Couple about to Divorce
31: Jesus and a Tax Collector on the Road to Nazareth
32: Jesus and a Despondent Scribe in Galilee
33: Jesus and Two Outlaws
34: Jesus Opposes the Death Penalty
35: Jesus Helps a Lost Lad on His Way to Ramla
36: Jesus Heals a Bridegroom at a Wedding in Ramla
37: Jesus from Age Fifteen to Thirty
Appendices
I: Three Early Armenian Versions of the Protevangelium of James
II: Chapter Headings in Manuscripts of Recension B of the Armenian Infancy Gospel
Bibliography
Indices

Reviews

This is a beautifully presented and extremely useful contribution to our understanding of the infancy gospel tradition.
*Simon J Gathercole, Journal for the Study of the New Testament 31.5*

Abraham Terian's translation is mellifluous, and his commentary elaborate, reflecting wide study and knowledge. All libraries with a substantial ecclesiastical collection will need this book.
*John A. C. Greppin, Times Literary Supplement*