[Steve_Seattle]

"ancient"

I think when most people hear the word "ancient" applied to a document referencing Jesus, they assume that the document in question dates to the time of Jesus or shortly thereafter. However, this "ancient" document is dated to 600-900 A.D., centuries after the canonical New Testament texts were written.

An aside: I misspelled "Jesus" as "Jeses" and spellcheck offered "Jesse" and "Jess" as alternate spellings, but not "Jesus". I found that very interesting. It had no trouble with "Beync", offering Beyoncé, complete with the accent, as an alternative. Welcome to the post-modern world.

[Steve_Seattle]

To finish my thought, the document might more accurately have been described as “early Medieval,” but that certainly has a less-compelling ring than “ancient.”