A Handbook on Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians (UBS Handbook Series)
Overview
What if you were responsible for translating God's Word into a language that never had a Bible before? Can you imagine the burden you would feel to do a good job?
God takes His Word pretty seriously, and you would certainly do everything in your power to make sure that you were not putting words into God's mouth, but that you were providing a text that clearly communicated God's Word as closely to the original as possible.
This challenge to understand the heart of the original Scriptures, in order to put the original text into a new language, was the impetus for the United Bible Societies to create handbooks for Bible translators working on this very thing. The United Bible Societies' Handbook Series is a comprehensive verse-by-verse guide to understanding exactly what is being communicated by the author in the original Scriptures.
Key Features
- Exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text
- Verse-by-verse guides
- An essential tool for Bible translators
Top Highlights
“The words saints and sanctified are related to each other. Both of these words express the idea that Christians ‘belong’ (TEV) to God and are therefore set apart to serve God’s purposes alone.” (Page 7)
“An alternative translation model for this verse is: Love enables us to endure everything; it enables us in every circumstance to keep on believing, to keep our confidence in God, and to remain patient no matter what happens to us.” (Page 297)
“By the name of is literally ‘in the name of.’ In Jewish thought someone’s name involved his power and personality. This meant that when an important person sent someone else to speak or act in his name, that messenger must be heard and obeyed as if the one who sent him were there in person.” (Page 20)
“Touch a woman is a Greek euphemism for ‘have sexual relations with a woman,’ whether one’s wife or not” (Page 143)
“‘Called apostle,’ as many translations show, means ‘called to do the work of an apostle’ or ‘called to be a messenger of Jesus Christ.’ ‘Apostle’ is related to a Greek verb meaning ‘send’ and often means ‘someone sent as a messenger.’” (Page 5)
Product Details
- Title: A Handbook on Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians
- Authors: P. Ellingworth, H. Hatton
- Series: The United Bible Societies' Handbook Series (UBSHS)
- Publisher: United Bible Societies
- Pages: 396