Jewish New Testament : A Translation of the New Testament That Expresses Its Jewishness

David H. Stern (Translator)

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This version expresses its original and essential Jewishness. Most other English translations of the New Testament present their message in a Gentile-Christian linguistic, cultural, and theological framework. Yeshua, the Messiah, was a Jew, was born to Jews, grew up among Jews, ministered to Jews, and died and rose from the dead in the Jewish capital.

Semitic names and terms belonging to "Jewish English" substitute for certain English words (e.g., Yochanan for "John" and emissary for "apostle"). Cultural or religious terms change to a Jewish context (e.g., the "fringe" or "edge" of Yeshua's robe to his tzitzit, which is a ritual tassel). Theological changes are made where Gentile-Christian theologies de-emphasize Jews as God's people (e.g., New Covenant "has been enacted through better promises" to has been given as Torah on the basis of better promises—Hebrews 8:6).

Formally equivalent translation, or paraphrase, has been used to bring out meanings that original readers would have understood.

It is based primarily on the United Bible Societies' The Greek New Testament, which is a critical edition. "Kurios" is not translated Lord, but Adonai. In Messianic Christianity, as opposed to Judaism, this term can include Yeshua the Messiah and Holy Spirit.

David H. Stern earned a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton University and was a professor at UCLA. In 1972 he came to believe in Yeshua as the Messiah, after which he received a Master of Divinity degree at Fuller THeological Seminary and did graduate work at the University of Judaism. In 1979 the Stern family immigrated to Israel. They now live in Jerusalem with their two children and are active in Israel's Messianic Jewish community.

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