The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

By Kenneth E. Bailey
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“Kenneth Bailey refreshes the souls of readers with deep textual insights and helpful contextual background to safely shepherd readers through the thousand-year story of Psalm 23. He makes several stops along the way in the Prophets before settling into the Gospels, where he deftly introduces us to a fresh understanding of the Good Shepherd. Anyone who loves the Twenty-Third Psalm will love this book.”

David Lamb, associate professor of Old Testament, Biblical Theological Seminary; author of God Behaving Badly

"The Lord is my shepherd."

Thus begins the most beloved of all Psalms—and thus begins a thousand-year journey through the Bible. Prophets, apostles, and Jesus himself took up this image from David, reshaping it, developing it, and applying it to their own situations and needs. Kenneth Bailey uses his celebrated insights into Middle Eastern culture, especially his familiarity with Middle Eastern shepherding customs, to bring new light and life to our understanding of this central image of the Christian faith. With each of nine major Old and New Testament passages, Bailey reveals the literary artistry of the biblical writers and summarizes their key theological features. His work is also enriched by his unique access to very early Middle Eastern commentaries on these passages, bringing fresh understanding from within the mind-set of these ancient worlds. The Good Shepherd invites us to experience a rich, biblical feast of ethical, theological, and artistic delights.

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  1. truthsabre7

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    The book started out slow in it;s analysis of Psalms 23. Good info on what it was to be a good shepard. This book could have been 5 tracks fewer. It was over analising the subject. What make me laugh was the author in an attempt to come up with another good shepard was Nelson Madela! Really? Out all the people that ever lived this is the best you can do? Madela did commit crimes so many in fact lawyers refused to take he case it was so overwhelming against him. DO NOT bother with this book.

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