infancy

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Writer-director Lotfy Nathan’s inspiration is an apocryphal 2nd century text called the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which purports to describe the incident-filled childhood of a temperamental Jesus.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

She said the earliest text to mention Mary’s age is “The Infancy Gospel of James,” which she describes as “a clearly legendary text that is trying to expand on the gospel accounts.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2017

Linguist Finds a Language in Its Infancy There are many dying languages in the world.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2013

‘Jesus of Nazareth – The Infancy Narratives,’ is available in English and published by Image Books.

From Time • Nov. 22, 2012

He states that Jesus made ploughs and yokes as a carpenter, which is found in the Gospel of the Infancy.

From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini