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 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 mindset of these ancient worlds. The Good Shepherd invites us to experience a rich, biblical feast of ethical, theological and artistic delights.
Kenneth E. Bailey
Kenneth E. Bailey, ministro presbiteriano ordenado, vivió y enseñó en seminarios e institutos en Egipto, Líbano, Chipre y Jerusalén por cuarenta años. Durante veinte de estos años, el Dr. Bailey fue director de la división bíblica y profesor de NuevoTestamento en la Escuela Teológica Near East en Beirut. Fue ahí donde también fundó y dirigió el Instituto de Estudios del Nuevo Testamento del Oriente Medio. Ha enseñado como profesor auxiliar en las academias teológicas de Pittsburg, McCormick y Fuller en California. Sus libros han sido traducidos y publicados en más de veinte idiomas.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bailey is a careful researcher whose passion and experience shines through. He spent 40 years living and teaching New Testament in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus. I have another of his books on my shelf, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, that I’ve skimmed and am dying to find time to read. So, given that the Good Shepherd is a topic of great interest to me, this book was a gold mine. I wish had been able to read this book before writing my own about the Gospel of John, since the Good Shepherd (as well as the bad shepherd) is an integral part of John’s theology.Bailey starts his analysis back in the 23rd Psalm. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. This Psalm sets the theme for later Old Testament writers, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Zechariah, who expound on the shepherd tradition in different ways. I’ll run a comparison of these Old Testament variants on the 23rd Psalm in a later post. The tone is then set for Jesus’s arrival, and all four Gospel writers embrace the image of a shepherd to describe Jesus, particularly in matters of salvation.One of the most interesting parts of the book was Bailey’s own experience, and the experience of those he met, in tending sheep. How confidence is gained in the sheep, how they must be cared for, how they learn the voice of the shepherd, and more.This is not light reading–it’s one of those books that you actually have to study to get the full benefit–but I highly recommend making the effort.InterVarsity Press, © 2014, 288 pagesISBN: 978-0-8308-4063-2