This is a fun contemporary example of the visual reception history of the Nativity. If you're leading any discussions in the classroom or the church on the birth of Jesus this Advent season, I suspect this could create some interesting discussion.
As tempting as it is, I think if I'm going to dish out $130 on a Nativity set it'll be for something a little more traditional. Or, more likely, I'll use it as a down payment on a Brill book 😜
A couple more resources:
A short bibliography from the Glencairn Museum.
"The Nativity in Art" at Bible Odyssey, by Robin M. Jensen.
The Nativity, by Jeremy Wood.
Illuminating Luke: The Infancy Narrative in Italian Renaissance Painting, by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal Carl Parsons.
Who Staged the First Nativity Scene? by L.V. Anderson.
