Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson are joined by Prof. Chris Frilingos to discuss his book "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Family Trouble in the Infancy Gospels" and why the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and Proto-Gospel of James are so important for contemporary audiences.
Special Guest: Christopher A. Frilingos.
Links:
- Jesus, Mary, and Joseph | Christopher A. Frilingos
- Amazon: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Family Trouble in the Infancy Gospels — When Jesus was five he killed a boy, or so reports the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. A little boy had run into Jesus by accident, bumping him on the shoulder, and Jesus took offense: “Jesus was angry and said to him, ‘You shall go no further on your way,’ and instantly the boy fell down and died.” A second story recounts how Jesus transformed mud into living birds, while yet another has Joseph telling Mary to keep Jesus in the house so that no one else gets hurt. What was life really like in the household of Joseph, Mary, and little Jesus? The canon of the New Testament provides few details, but ancient Christians, wanting to know more, would turn to the texts we know as the “Infancy Gospels.”
- Infancy Gospel of James, or Protevangelium (M.R. James translation)
- The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
- Did early Christians believe that Mary was a teenager? It’s complicated
- Amazon.com: Jesus, Sin, and Perfection in Early Christianity (9781107105416): Jeffrey S. Siker: Books
- Amazon.com: Saving Sex: Sexuality and Salvation in American Evangelicalism (9780199942251): Amy DeRogatis: Books
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