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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is one of the most intriguing and peculiar non-canonical accounts of Jesus' life from outside the New Testament. The New Testament itself provides only one story about Jesus as a boy (as a twelve-year old, in Luke 2); this later account contains intriguing stories of the mischievous Son of God from ages 5-12. Is he an ungovernable supernatural being who hasn't yet learned to control his power? Or a Savior already confronting the evils of the world? Or a prime example of a resident family problem? In this special episode Bart interviews Christopher Frilingos, professor of Early Christianity at Michigan State, an expert in the non-canonical Gospels with an unusual theory about the Infancy Gospel of Thomas.

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Jesus, Mary and Joseph: Family Trouble in the Infancy Gospels (Penn Press, 2017)

https://www.pennpress.org/97808122495...

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Spectacles of Empire: Monsters, Martyrs, and the Book of Revelation (Penn Press, 2004)

https://www.pennpress.org/97808122382...