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The Protoevangelium of James

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Canon check, 2026-10-26: not in the Protestant, Catholic or Eastern Orthodox lists on the Scriptures shelf; not in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s 81-book list (https://ethiopianorthodox.org/english/canonical/books.html) or in R. W. Cowley, “The Biblical Canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Today,” Ostkirchliche Studien 23 (1974) 318–323; and not among the additional books in the Armenian canon lists tabulated from M. E. Stone’s Harvard Theological Review studies (https://islamic-awareness.org/bible/text/canon/armenianlist).

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Edition / translator
Ante-Nicene Fathers, ANF08 (19th-century English edition); editors Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe. CCEL transcription.
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19th-century edition
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Source SHA-256: be88f33119a88b74c05da35056364f44afa3e16c26a7f78ad72785012bb4c923

Work: protoevangelium-james · edition: protoevangelium-james-source-edition. Reviewed 14 September 2026.

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  1. The Protevangelium of James. · Translated text
  2. The Protevangelium of James. (part 2) · Translated text
  3. The Protevangelium of James. (part 3) · Translated text
  4. Translator and historical edition notes · Edition commentary
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