The principal exception is the figure of a shepherd carrying a wounded sheep across his shoulders. With classical Greek sculptures of Hermes as a ready model, it was so common that even given the ...

The shepherd rejoices in finding the wandering sheep. He does not punish it. He does not drive it in front of himself. He puts it on his shoulders and brings it home safely. He does so with joy ...

In John’s Gospel, Jesus talks in Chapter 10 a great deal about sheep and shepherds. A good shepherd knows the sheep and the sheep know their shepherd. In fact, there are four variations in this ...