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A Sign For You: A Child Savior Revealed to Child Shepherds

In: Biblical Interpretation
Author:
Amy Lindeman Allen Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN USA, alindemanallen@cts.edu

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12 Oct 2020
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Abstract

Drawing on parallels from Jewish, Greco-Roman, and Early Christian sources alongside of sociological models of agriculture in subsistence economies, this essay makes the case for the presence (if not preponderance) of child shepherds among those who receive the angelic message in Luke 2:1–20. By engaging a childist reading that both considers the position of the shepherds with regards to their economic and social standing in Bethlehem and re-reads the angelic message and proclamation of an infant as sign in light of such a youthful audience, this essay reframes the perceived identity of the Bethlehem shepherds to foreground the children in their midst.

Title:
A Sign For You: A Child Savior Revealed to Child Shepherds
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685152-00284P05
Language:
English
Pages:
229–255
Keywords:
shepherd; shepherds; nativity; sign; children; childist; Luke; Christmas
In:
Biblical Interpretation
In:
Volume 29: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5152
Print ISSN:
0927-2569
Subjects:
General, Biblical Studies

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