You may enjoy listening to my Christmas podcast episode over on Gnostic Insights. For this episode I read The Infancy Gospel of James outloud. This gospel is not particularly "gnostic;" it is more along the lines of an early Christian fable of the nativity that we haven't heard before.
For instance, did you know that Mary was raised as a vestal virgin in Herod's Temple in Jerusalem? Did you know that Mary was betrothed to a much older widower, Joseph, when she was 12? Did you know that Mary and Joseph got into a world of trouble when Mary turned up pregnant at age 16? Did you know that a Hebrew midwife performed a pelvic exam of Mary after the birth of Jesus to see if she was truly still a virgin? There's plenty more we have never heard, from this banned gospel.
Go have a listen. Hopefully you will enjoy hearing it. It's my Christmas present to you.
The Infancy Gospel of James: Mary and the Birth of Jesus – Gnostic Insights
Onward and upward!
cyd
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