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Title: Jewish New Testament by David H. Stern ISBN: 9-6535900-6-5 Publisher: Messianic Jewish Resources International Pub. Date: September, 1989 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very Good
Comment: Stern's "Jewish NT" is an excellent **supplement** to more authoritative translations (i.e., the Authorized Translation). His comments are excellent, but you should be aware that this is NOT a translation performed by a team of professional linguists. Use the book as an aide for other Bible reading.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Work... Ignore the Criticisms
Comment: You are going to hear strong Criticisms from certain groups in regard to this translation... Ignore them. They revolve around the contemporary Pauline debate which most Christians are ignorant of...
While I am not inclined to follow Stern in many places in regard to his Pauline interpretation, he does give a new angle to think about. By the way the Greek kartegeo in Ephesians 2:11-16 is a very technical term meaning to nullify the impact not abolish. Messiah nullifies the impact of the separation caused by Purity laws.
Stern takes does take liberties in places but honestly not any more than the NIV does from a Gentile Evangelical perspective. ALL TRANSLATION INVOLVES AT LEAST SOME ELEMENT OF INTERPRETATION. Certainly there are more "literal" translations but Stern's translation emphasizes often ignored or glossed background. Don't stop here though buy the commentary, start reading up on the New Perspective on Paul and start challenging your friends.
After that Learn Greek and Hebrew....
May the Shalom of God rest upon you
Rating: 1
Summary: An extremely misleading translation
Comment: This is a horrible translation. Not only are words added to the original Greek but the meanings of the passages are changed. For example, compare the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of Ephesians 2:11-16 with the Jewish New Testament. Pay close attention to what happens to the meaning of the passage in CAPS:
NRSV:
"So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision' - a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands - remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. HE HAS ABOLISHED THE LAW WITH ITS COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it"
Jewish New Testament:
Ephesians 2:11-16
Therefore, remember your former state: you Gentiles by birth-called the Uncircumcised by those who, merely because of an operation on their flesh, are called the Circumcised - at that time had no Messiah. You were estranged from the national life of Israel. You were foreigners to the covenants embodying God's promise. You were in this world without hope and without God.
But now, you who were once far off have been brought near through the shedding of the Messiah's blood. For he himself is our shalom-he has made us both one and has broken down the m'chitzah which divided us BY DESTROYING IN HIS OWN BODY THE ENMITY OCCASIONED BY THE TORAH, WITH ITS COMMANDS SET FORTH IN THE FORM OF ORDINANCES. He did this in order to create In union with himself from the two groups a single new humanity and thus make shalom, and in order to reconcile to God both in a single body by being executed on a stake as a criminal and thus killing in himself that enmity.
Did you catch that? The NRSV says that Jesus "abolished the LAW
with its commandments and ordinances". The Jewish New Testament says that he destroyed "in his own body the ENMITY occasioned by the Torah". It doesn't even mention that the law has been abolished with its "commandments and ordinances". However, that's what the original Greek says! What a completedly disingenuous translation.
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Title: Jewish New Testament Commentary: A Companion Volume to the Jewish New Testament by David H. Stern ISBN: 9653590111 Publisher: Jewish New Testament Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Complete Jewish Bible : An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B'Rit Hadashah (New Testament) by David H. Stern ISBN: 9653590154 Publisher: Jewish New Testament Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Yeshua: A Guide to the Real Jesus and the Original Church by Ron Moseley ISBN: 1880226685 Publisher: Messianic Jewish Publishers Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus: New Insights from a Hebraic Perspective by David Bivin, Roy B. Blizzard ISBN: 156043550X Publisher: Destiny Image Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel: A Message for Christians by David H. Stern ISBN: 9653590014 Publisher: Jewish New Testament Pubns Pub. Date: February, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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