A Handbook on the Wisdom of Solomon
Overview
The UBS Handbooks are detailed commentaries providing valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the books of the Bible. They are prepared primarily to assist Bible translators as they carry out the important task of putting God’s Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. The text is discussed verse by verse, and is accompanied by running text in at least one modern English translation. Over the years, church leaders and Bible readers have found the UBS Handbooks to be useful for their own study of the Scriptures. Many of the issues Bible translators must address when trying to communicate the Bible’s message to modern readers are the ones Bible students must address when approaching the Bible text as part of their own private study and devotions.
Top Highlights
“The principal term is ‘wisdom.’ It refers to the quality possessed by a person who is perceptive about people and about situations. He has insight into them, whether from experience or intuition. A person with wisdom will exercise good judgment. Wisdom also includes knowledge of facts.” (Page 2)
“At the time of writing, however, it was a common literary practice for authors to write books in the name of men of the past. This was no attempt at falsehood, but rather a tribute to the memory of those men.” (Page 1)
“The author begins the book by urging the world’s rulers to make justice their goal in governing.” (Page 7)
- Title: A Handbook on the Wisdom of Solomon
- Authors: Roger Aubrey Bullard, Howard A. Hatton
- Series: United Bible Societies’ Handbooks
- Publisher: United Bible Societies
- Print Publication Date: 2004
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Wisdom of Solomon › Translating; Bible. O.T. Wisdom of Solomon › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:UBSHBK43
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:04:39Z