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From: hall@vice.ico.tek.com (Hal Lillywhite)
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Subject: Re: When was Christ Born?
Message-ID: <Oct.11.04.44.14.1989.15570@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 11 Oct 89 08:44:16 GMT
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In article <Oct.7.19.11.39.1989.27460@athos.rutgers.edu> davidbu@tekigm2.men.tek.com (David Buxton) writes:
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>Has anyone done a study on dating the time of of year of Christ's birth?

Shepards were watching their flocks by night.  I've read several
places (sorry I can't remember any references) that this happened
only during lambing season when it was necessary to care for the
newborn.  (Old farmers saying:  when a calf is born it tries to
live, when a lamb is born it tries to die.)  This would mean He was
born in the spring.