Continuing the series of excerpts from the Gospel of James (the Protevangelium of James).
This story sounds more familiar. It is basically an imaginative retelling of Matthew chapter 2, with a cameo appearance of two charactes from Luke chapter 1 toward the end.
Cross-file under New Testament Apocrypha Watch and (still) 'Tis the Season.
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