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Joachim
Joachim was, according to Christian Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary and grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of the New Testament apocrypha. His feast day is 26 July, a date shared with Saint Anne.
Gospel of James
apocryphal Gospel
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
apocryphal gospel on the childhood of Jesus
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
non-canonical infancy gospel
Syriac Infancy Gospel
New Testament apocryphal writing concerning the infancy of Jesus
History of Joseph the Carpenter
compilation of traditions concerning the family of Jesus; probably composed in Byzantine Egypt in Greek in the late 6th – early 7th century; survives in Coptic and Arabic; supports the perpetual virginity of Mary
Libellus de Nativitate Sanctae Mariae
infancy gospel
genre of Christian texts focusing on Jesus’s childhood
Midwife Salome
character that appears in the Gospel of James as an associate of the unnamed midwife at the Nativity of Jesus, regularly depicted with the midwife in Eastern Orthodox (Gospel of James)