Urdu Study New Testament Launched

LAHORE, Pakistan — On an historic day in January, the Pakistan Bible Society launched its Urdu New Testament with Study Notes in Lahore’s Anglican cathedral. Comprising almost a thousand pages, the Urdu New Testament provides a wealth of cultural, geographical and historical background. It explores the relationship between the Old and the New Testament, it introduces and gives overviews of the four Gospels and the Epistles, and it contains a glossary, maps, and photographs of ancient Greek manuscripts dating from the second to the fourth centuries. With its attractive green cover and gilt-edged pages, the New Testament went on sale on the day of the launch and a thousand copies were either ordered or sold. Urdu is the official language of Pakistan, 95 per cent of whose people are Muslims. (WR 358/27 - 03.01) [PHOTOS] e-129