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. (Scroll
down for more details...)
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Product Details
Perhaps you have heard this series
referred to as the UBS Translators Handbook Series, or Helps for
Translators Series? Regardless of what name you know it by, The
United Bible Societies' Old Testament Handbook Series is a
comprehensive verse-by-verse guide to understanding exactly what is
being communicated by the author in the original Scriptures.
This twenty-one volume set of
detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical,
cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. The
series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so
that translators all over the world could complete the important
task of putting God's Word into the many languages spoken in the
world today.
Over the years church leaders and
Bible readers have found the UBS Handbooks to be useful for their
own study, since 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 a part of their own private study and devotions.
UBS Old Testament Handbooks
Included
- Genesis - William D. Reyburn and
Euan McG. Fry
- Exodus - Noel D. Osborn and
Howard A. Hatton
- Leviticus - René Péter-Contesse
and John Ellington
- Deuteronomy - Robert G. Bratcher
and Howard A. Hatton
- Joshua - Robert G. Bratcher and
Barclay M. Newman
- Ruth, 2nd edition - Jan de Waard
and Eugene A. Nida
- 1 2 Samuel - Roger L. Omanson
and John E. Ellington
- Esther - Roger L. Omanson and
Philip A. Noss
- Job - William D. Reyburn
- Psalms - Robert G. Bratcher and
William D. Reyburn
- Proverbs - William D. Reyburn
and Euan McG. Fry
- Ecclesiastes - Graham S. Ogden
and Lynell Zogbo
- Song of Songs - Graham S. Ogden
and Lynell Zogbo
- Jeremiah - Barclay M. Newman and
Philip C. Stine
- Lamentations - William D.
Reyburn
- Daniel - René Péter-Contesse and
John Ellington
- Amos - Jan de Waard and William
A. Smalley
- Obadiah/Jonah/Micah - David J.
Clark, Norm Mundhenk, Eugene A. Nida, Brynmor F. Price
- Nahum/Habakkuk/Zephaniah - David
J. Clark and Howard A. Hatton
- Haggai/Zechariah/Malachi - David
J. Clark and Howard A. Hatton
- Tobit/Judith - Roger A. Bullard
and Howard A. Hatton
Bibles Included
- Revised Standard Version
- Good News Translation (Today's
English Version)
Sample Screenshots
 
Deuteronomy 4 and Exodus 16
Song of Songs 2, showing linked windows. As you scroll the Bible or
the Handbook, the other linked windows scroll synchronously.
Sample Page Scans from the Print
Edition
(Click an image to see the
full-size version.)
 
Song of Songs 2:4-5
Exodus 16:14
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