The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew is a medieval rewriting in Latin of the Protevangelium Jacobi, the Protevangelium of James, containing the events from the birth of Mary to the holy family’s escape to Egypt.
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The title Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew/Pseudo-Matthäus-Evangelium was first given to the text by K. von Tischendorf in his edition of Evangelia apocrypha (2nd ed., Leipzig, 1876). K. von Tischendorf chose this…