The correlation of the roles of king and shepherd precedes even the Old Testament. Akkadian, Babylonian and Sumerian texts, including the Code of Hammurabi, all invoke the king as shepherd. Clearly ...
The Old Testament Book of Ezekiel opens in the fifth year of exile of King Jehoiachin when Ezekiel the prophet is in his 30th year of life. It begins with the first of Ezekiel’s prophetic visions ...