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Desert and Shepherd In Our Biblical Heritage

“Desert and Shepherd In Our Biblical Heritage” is one of three books in the Biblical Heritage series, written by Nogah Hareuveni. This book has been a valuable resource and a new, inspiring look at Psalm 23 (“The Lord is my shepherd….”). If you do not currently own a copy of “Desert and Shepherd”, we hope you will consider adding it to your personal library. A variety of discount programs are available. The books in the series make wonderful gifts (think about the holidays!), and we will happily ship them to your friends and family along with a personal greeting from you.

Here is a sample of what you will find between the covers of “Desert and Shepherd”:

“Shepherding was considered responsible and highly honored work in Israel even hundreds of years after the majority of the nation had become tillers of soil. Spiritual and political leadership, and even the leadership of G-d, is described in terms of shepherd’s work. It is possible that the special respect for the shepherd and his task emanated from their setting in the desert and wilderness. As you will see in ensuing chapters, the shepherd in these areas had to withstand extreme hardship and danger. He had to have a superb sense of orientation, be able to adapt to the special conditions of the desert, survive periods of drought and thirst, defend his flocks from two- and four- footed marauders, and throughout concern himself with each ram and ewe, each kid and lamb. His animals had to be fed without encroaching on either cultivated land or the grazing areas of other flocks. Only a shepherd with all these abilities could maintain his flocks and see them thrive in the formidable conditions of the desert and the wilderness….”

Excerpted from Page 36, “Desert and Shepherd In Our Biblical Heritage” by Nogah Hareuveni