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I think the very first concluding observation by Laniak is critical for today’s under-shepherds to grasp. “The first observation is that shepherd leadership is comprehensive in scope. It represents a diverse and changing ‘role set’. For the sake of convenience we have in places summarized th...

On page 179, Laniak notes, “the disciples are being prepared – encounter by encounter, teaching by teaching – to understand their role as extensions of the Davidic shepherd’s current (and future) ministry.� Laniak goes on to note that, “just as they [the disciples] are becoming aware of ...

On page 156, working through Ezekiel 34.17-24, Laniak notes that there is an animal hierarchy in a mixed flock with male sheep usually dominating females and goats naturally dominating sheep. Part of the responsibility of the under-shepherd in control of the flock is to work in collaboration with th...

I must admit that I was caught off guard by Laniak’s statement regarding the people’s request for a king in 1 Samuel 8. Laniak states, “The interchange that follows reveals ambivalence on the part of YHWH. He seems alternatively opposed and favorable to the new institution.� (Timothy S. Lani...

Diving presence is certainly an appropriate place to begin; YHWH’s presence, physically manifest in the glory-cloud and pillar of fire, was the means by which Israel was led. In Exodus 33 Moses makes a revealing statement to God in a moment when the destiny of the rebellious generation hangs in t...