6. Infancy Gospel of Thomas (S01 E06)

In this week's episode, Jill interprets the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a 2nd century Christian text that depicts Jesus as a precocious, and sometimes deadly, child. Jill unpacks how the redactor/editor of the story utilized stories about the boy Jesus with his schoolteachers to create a justifiable space for violence as well as scenes with his father to transfer blame for Jesus' bad behavior away from the boy savior.