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M J C Warren

Dr. Warren is lecturer in Biblical and religious studies at the University of Sheffield, and is a member of SIIBS, the Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies.

Animals are commonly found in nativity scenes, but surprisingly not in the Bible.

An ox, an ass … a dragon? Sorry, there were no animals in the Bible’s nativity scene.

Belief

The animals that are so familiar in Christmas cards and carols didn’t begin to make an appearance until hundreds of years after Jesus’ birth.