The Good Shepherd: A Thousand-Year Journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament
By Kenneth E. Bailey
Read by Stephen R. Thorne
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“The Lord is my shepherd.” 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.
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“The Lord is my shepherd.”
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.
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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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Available Formats : | Digital Download, Digital Rental, CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/Religion |
Runtime: | 10.08 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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