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JOSEPH THE CARPENTER, HISTORY OF

A Coptic apocryphal work, in which Jesus tells his disciples, gathered on the Mount of Olives, the story of the life and death of his earthly father Joseph. It was composed to promote the feast day of St. Joseph, as is evident from the several blessings Jesus promises those keeping the day. The History depends on the earlier apocryphal Protevangelium of James and Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, with which it shares, e.g., the story of Mary’s rearing in the temple and subsequent placement under the care of the aged widower Joseph. On the basis of these and other considerations, scholars date the work no earlier than the 4th century. The complete text is extant in Bohairic (Lower Egypt) and Arabic, and fragments are extant in Sahidic (Upper Egypt).

Bibliography. J. K. Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament, rev. ed. (Oxford, 1993), 111-17.

Ronald V. Huggins






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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