The Gospel of Bartholomew

Questions of Bartholomew

The Gospel of Bartholomew contains one of the most extraordinary scenes in all apocryphal literature: the apostles, after the resurrection, ask Jesus to show them where he went during the three days between the cross and the empty tomb. He shows them — hell, Hades, the underworld. And then Mary is asked to describe the moment of the Incarnation: how the Word entered her body. Her account is so ove