Apocryphal Testimonies about Bishop James in the Syriac work the Exodus of Mary

Elena Nikitichna Meshcherskaya

doi:10.36124/rt.2022.21

Published: 2023-07-051

Vol. 64 No. 3 (2022)

Apocryphal Testimonies about Bishop James in the Syriac work the Exodus of Mary

Elena Nikitichna Meshcherskaya

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9496-4104

https://doi.org/10.36124/rt.2022.21

Abstract

The article analyzes some testimonies about James, the first Christian bishop of Jerusalem, which are kept in the Syriac work the Exodus of Mary and are not found in other sources.

Keywords:

the Virgin Mary, Bishop James, historical source, Syriac literature, anti-Jewish polemic

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Meshcherskaya, E. N. (2023). Apocryphal Testimonies about Bishop James in the Syriac work the Exodus of Mary. Theological Yearbook, 64(3), 591–599. https://doi.org/10.36124/rt.2022.21

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