Minor apocryphal texts pertaining to the New Testament

The Discourse of the Archfathers from the Gospels Ms. A-95, fol. 212r-v The Discourse of the Archfathers from the Gospels, by the Holy Spirit, through Matthew and Luke, a reading The holy virgin, who bore the Lord and remained in virginity, who was the daughter of Joachim, and her mother Anna; and Joachim was the son of the sons of Baris, to whom, as a surname, was secondarily given the name Panther, who was the brother of Melchi, as it is taught to us, of the son of Levi, from the seed of Nathan, son of King David, who was from the tribe of Judah. And Melchi, the brother of Levi, when he came to Matthan, the father of Joachim, he took the wife of Matthan, she being a widow. The mother of Joachim, who accompanied her own mother, Melchi, the brother of Panther. And Eli was born from the wife of Matthan, who had first been married to Matthan.

After Melchi, who had two sons, from Matthan—Joachim, and from Melchi—Eli. And Jacob and Eli were two brothers from the same mother, but each from their own father. And when Eli came of age, according to the law of the child, Jacob compelled his brother Eli, and this Joseph is the natural offspring of Jacob, but the son of Eli by law. And Joachim, the father of Mary, who was called Bar-Panther, and his father Panther, the brother of Melchi, were sons of Eli and descendants of Jacob. As much as the mind, by deduction from the teachings of the Hebrews, has shown that Mary is the daughter of Joachim, son of Levi, who took the wife of Matthan and bore that child Eli. And the wife of Eli, who was given to Jacob, bore Joseph, as was first said. And Mary is a descendant of Joseph, from both of the patriarchs of the lineage of David. And by father, the seed of the brother of the father of her father Joachim, and from the priests of the lineage of Elizabeth.

And this holy Mary, the perpetual virgin, is the tenth among the mothers of the prophets. And she is from both lineages: from the priestly lineage, which is from Aaron; and from the royal lineage, that is, from Judah, which is from David. From her was born our Lord Jesus Christ in Bethlehem, his own inheritance, and he was swaddled in cloths and laid in a manger, like a child, and grew up with his mother. And on the fortieth day they brought him to the temple, and by the revelation of the Holy Spirit, the holy Simeon received him and blessed Joseph and Mary, for his glory is from eternity to eternity, amen.