There were shepherds

15 Jan 2015 | by Elaine Miles

Elaine Miles reflects on the biblical story of the birth of Christ

The adoration of the shepherds by Francesco Denanto. | Photo: Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The account that we get in Luke 2: 8-20 is the Jewish version of a magical birth story – no magi or Arabian spices, but shepherds on the hills around Bethlehem.

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