Good Shepherd

"e;The Lord is my shepherd."e;Thus begins the most beloved of all Psalms-and thus begins athousand-year journey through the Bible. Prophets, apostles, and Jesus himselftook up this image from David, reshaping it, developing it, and applying it totheir own situations and needs. Kenneth Bailey uses his celebrated insightsinto Middle Eastern culture, especially his familiarity with Middle Easternshepherding customs, to bring new light and life to our understanding of thiscentral image of the Christian faith. With each of nine major Old and NewTestament passages, Bailey reveals the literary artistry of the biblicalwriters and summarizes their key theological features. His work is alsoenriched by his unique access to very early Middle Eastern commentaries onthese passages, bringing fresh understanding from within the mind-set of theseancient worlds. The Good Shepherd invites us to experience arich, biblical feast of ethical, theological, and artistic delights.