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Brandon Hawk's book offers a fascinating insight into the mercurial life of the apocryphal Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. Its informative introductions, lucid translations, and very useful notes reveal the richness and ever-changing character of this medieval bestseller. A must-read for anyone interested in ancient or medieval Christianity. --Zbigniew Izydorczyk, Professor, University of Winnipeg In The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and the Nativity of Mary, Brandon Hawk provides authoritative translations--copiously and expertly annotated--of two major Latin apocryphal texts about the life of Mary and the infancy of Christ. Hawk's lucid Introductions not only judiciously synthesize previous scholarship on each text, but also make original contributions concerning their sources, origins, and transmission as well as their influence in the Middle Ages and beyond. --Charles D. Wright, Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

""Brandon Hawk's book offers a fascinating insight into the mercurial life of the apocryphal Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. Its informative introductions, lucid translations, and very useful notes reveal the richness and ever-changing character of this medieval bestseller. A must-read for anyone interested in ancient or medieval Christianity."" --Zbigniew Izydorczyk, Professor, University of Winnipeg ""In The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and the Nativity of Mary, Brandon Hawk provides authoritative translations--copiously and expertly annotated--of two major Latin apocryphal texts about the life of Mary and the infancy of Christ. Hawk's lucid Introductions not only judiciously synthesize previous scholarship on each text, but also make original contributions concerning their sources, origins, and transmission as well as their influence in the Middle Ages and beyond."" --Charles D. Wright, Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Brandon W. Hawk is Assistant Professor of English at Rhode Island College. He is the author of Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England (2018).

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