Continuing the series of excerpts from the Gospel of James (the Protevangelium of James). More on it here and follow the links.
This is quite a different version of events from Luke chapter 2. No inn or manger (or whatever), no angel choir, and no shepherds. Instead a grotto, a cloud, a midwife, the angel of the Lord, and a burned and healed hand.
Cross-file under New Testament Apocrypha Watch and 'Tis the Season.
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