>>> Patrick Nugent >>>
The Protoevangelium of James, for example, contains horrific stories of
Jesus as a small boy exercising his divine power in some fairly vengeful
ways.
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I haven't heard of this text, but I'm familiar with one such story from an
English folksong (Jesus as a child uses divine power to drown three rich
children in a well for teasing him; Mary beats him with a withy switch as
punishment, for which he curses withy plants in general ...) and I've been
curious about its origins. Can you tell me any more about the
Protoevangelium of James and the stories in it?
Jonathan Gilbert
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