A Handbook on The Revelation to John
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
“Opinions vary as to the time the book was written. Most scholars take it to be either during the latter years of Nero’s reign (A.D. 54–68) or the latter years of Domitian’s reign (81–96), both of whom persecuted Christians. The majority of scholars favor the time of Domitian.” (Page 1)
“something like ‘You are neither unresponsive nor enthusiastic toward me.’” (Page 79)
“Ephesus was the most important city in the Roman province of Asia; it was a busy seaport, had a thriving commerce, and was the center of the cult of the goddess Artemis (see Acts 19:27, 35), and also a place where magical arts were practiced (Acts 19:19). As the book of Acts shows, it soon became a very important center of Christian activity, and at the time of the writing of this letter, it may have been the most important Christian church in the Roman empire.” (Page 38)
“Your toil: here toil means their persistent and painful struggles to maintain their Christian profession. BRCL has ‘the pain you have taken.’ The general ‘how hard you have worked’” (Page 39)
“‘You appear to be faithful believers in me; but actually you do not follow me anymore.’” (Page 66)
Product Details
- Title: A Handbook on The Revelation to John
- Authors: R. G. Bratcher, H. A. Hatton
- Series: The United Bible Societies' Handbook Series (UBSHS)
- Publisher: United Bible Societies
- Pages: 330