Author unknown; a compilation of older infancy traditions (largely the Protevangelium of James and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas) that survives in Arabic, probably translated from a Syriac original of uncertain date, with proposals running from the 5th to the 7th century AD or later. It tells of Jesus's birth, the visit of the magi, the flight to Egypt with its healings and exorcisms, and the miracles of his boyhood.