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Book of Mary’s Repose

A text for line-by-line reading, with transliteration, translation, and resources.

Christian work within Mary’s Dormition traditions.

Modern method: six tests of proposed transmission; a book date does not date every chapter, and a copy does not date a story’s invention
Modern method: six tests of proposed transmission; a book date does not date every chapter, and a copy does not date a story’s inventionOriginal diagram: IL Archive,2026 · CC0Image source

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Edition
2

Text

The Ethiopic version preserves a palm scene. Family dating does not date each episode. [9]

References and notes

  1. Dating passages and scene translation. Stephen J. Shoemaker, Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary’s Dormition and Assumption, pp.32–35,153–154,290–296; Book of Mary’s Repose §§5–10 Return to the text ↑

Research history

Substantive changes are retained here. Minor copy edits remain in the internal operational log.

  1. Edition 2 · 13 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Book of Mary’s Repose», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/texts/book-of-marys-repose