This book is a critical edition of the Liber Apocryphus, a medieval Arabic text about the life of Joseph the Carpenter. Based on a manuscript held in the collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the edition features the Arabic text, a Latin translation by Georgio Wallin, and extensive scholarly notes about the text's history and significance. A must-read for scholars of medieval Arabic literature and Christian apocrypha. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.