RT Article
T1 The Shepherd-Ruler Concept in the OT and its Application in the NT
JF Scottish journal of theology
VO 8
IS 4
SP 406
OP 418
A1 Thomson, J. G. S. S.
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 1955
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785539809
AB It was inevitable, amongst a pastoral community such as the Hebrews, that the vocabulary and occupational habits of the shepherd should colour their language and help to formulate their way of looking at life. This was particularly true in the sphere of religion. The rich imagery of the pastoral life of Palestine has been one of the creative elements in the language and religious thought—forms of the OT, especially where Israel's relationships with Jahweh were concerned. Undoubtedly the OT conception of God, of divine providence, and of man's relations with God owe much of their profound insight and simple dignity to the metaphors current among the shepherds who lived among the Judaean hills and on the plains of Samaria.
DO 10.1017/S0036930600020275