The Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England

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By (author): "Mary Clayton"
Publish Date: 1999
The Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England
ISBN0521031192
ISBN139780521031196
AsinThe Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England
Original titleThe Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England
SeriesCambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England #26
This book provides an edition, with a facing translation and detailed commentary, of the three apocryphal gospels of Mary written in Old English. The gospels, which deal with Mary's birth, childhood, death and assumption, are found in manuscripts in Oxford and Cambridge, but have never been treated as a group before, and have been almost totally neglected by English scholars. An extensive introduction covers the origins and development of the apocrypha and their influence in Anglo-Saxon England.