From the 4th or 5th century, a fragment of the apocrypha, "the infant book of thomas" -now the earliest known fragment. The story is believed to be 2nd century

From the 4th or 5th century, a fragment of the apocrypha, "the infant book of thomas" -now the earliest known fragment. The story is believed to be 2nd century origin due to similarities to folk tales of that timeframe.