A Handbook on Deuteronomy (UBS Handbook Series)

by Robert G. Bratcher; Howard A. Hatton

Publisher:

United Bible Societies

, 2000

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

Contents

Top Highlights

“The main lesson here is that it is not what a person can acquire by his or her own power that keeps that person alive and healthy, but obedience to God’s commands. And this does not apply only to individuals; it applies to the people as a whole, as God’s people.” (Page 168)

“Shall be upon your heart: in Hebrew thought the heart was the center of thought, of intellectual activity, as was noted under verse 5 and 4:29. This command means they are to remember and never forget these commandments.” (Page 139)

“Humble is not in the sense of ‘humiliate’ but means to make the people submissive and teachable, to get rid of their proud sense of self-sufficiency by making them endure all sorts of hardships.” (Page 167)

“The meaning is that the land is a good one for large herds and flocks (milk), and for crops and fruit trees (honey is probably the thick syrup produced from dates, not wild honey made by bees).” (Page 137)

“The text clearly states that Yahweh provided these heavenly bodies as objects of worship for all people, except his own people, Israel.” (Page 97)

Product Details

• Title: A Handbook on Deuteronomy
• Authors: Robert G. Bratcher, Howard A. Hatton
• Series: United Bible Societies’ Handbooks
• Publisher: United Bible Societies
• Print Publication Date: 2000
• Logos Release Date: 2004
• Pages: 620
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Deuteronomy › Translation; Bible. O.T. Deuteronomy › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:34.0.150
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-06-06T19:57:44Z