>I have a copy of an apocryphal work edited by Tischendorf entitled IOHANNIS
LIBER >DORMITIONE MARIAE. It is only the Greek text. I'm not sure if this is
the same thing >or a related document. Others on the list might. My latin is
very poor but it seems >to be entitled "John's Book on the Sleep (death?) of
Mary." More than likely I will >stand corrected.
Sorry, I did not make myself clear. I have the Greek text by Tischendorf and
the English translation by Elliott. What I was looking for was more
definitive info on the date of the Assumption of the Virgin. The only thing I
have found is the statement that it is no earlier than A.D. 400.
Bill Combs
Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary