A Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Philippians
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
“This is an intensely personal letter. It lacks formality.” (Pages vi–vii)
“The third reason that Christians are ‘the true circumcision’ is that we do not put any trust in external ceremonies (literally, ‘having no confidence in the flesh’).” (Page 94)
“Paul begins the chapter with a series of four conditional clauses which are true to fact. That is, while it is true that in Greek each clause begins with a term corresponding to ‘if’ in English, these ‘if’ clauses are equivalent in force with an affirmative statement.” (Page 47)
“But the context seems to favor the meaning of ‘helping,’ ‘encouraging,’ or ‘strengthening.” (Page 48)
“It denotes primarily, not an act of thinking, but a state of mind, an inward disposition. It signifies sympathetic interests and concern, reflecting the action of the ‘heart’ as well as the ‘head.’ In this context the verb is best rendered ‘have the attitude’” (Page 55)
Product Details
- Title: A Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Philippians
- Authors: E. A. Nida, I. Loh
- Series: The United Bible Societies' Handbook Series (UBSHS)
- Publisher: United Bible Societies
- Pages: 167