The Good Shepherd: A Thousand-Year Journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament

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"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 and especially his familiarity with Middle Eastern shepherding customs to bring newlight and life to our understanding of...