The Bible. It is the Word of God, His communication to us. It is His arm extended to the heart of man offering us life, eternal life.
The Bible was given to the Jewish People to record and preserve. Scribes meticulously copied the words onto scrolls of parchment. Theirs was an incredibly holy work. So careful were they, and so respectful of God’s words to man, that no error in transcription was tolerated.
Given to the Jews and written from the context of a Jewish perspective, the Bible is filled with Jewish culture. However, the rich meaning of the Bible’s “Jewishness” is often lost or hidden in most of the Bibles we read today. That’s what this week’s guest on “Jewish Voice with Jonathan Bernis” set out to correct. Daniah Greenberg put together a team of 70 Messianic Jews, including 32 Ph.D. scholars, to create the new Tree of Life Version and the Messianic Jewish Family Bible. Messianic Judaism has a new resource for understanding God’s Word and the Jewish roots of the Bible.
The Messianic Jewish Family Bible is the first and only of its kind. This exciting new Bible translation unites Old and New Testaments with a consistent Hebraic perspective. Translated directly from the original Greek and Hebrew texts, it has been vetted by some of the best and brightest Messianic theologians and scholars. The translation is true to its original Hebraic roots and idiom and is a work of restoration.
It was important to the translation team to create a Bible that would serve all generations, from children to adults. The Messianic Jewish Family Bible does that. This Bible also introduces important Hebrew words that clarify scriptural meaning, restores books to their original, chronological order, and restores names to their original Hebrew. It has footnotes identifying Messianic prophecies and includes study guides written by Jonathan Bernis.
Be sure to tune in for “Jewish Voice with Jonathan Bernis” this week to find out more about the Messianic Jewish Family Bible. This Bible is going to be a revolutionary blessing for Messianic Judaism!
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Scriptures show us that God set apart the Jewish people
Prayers and blessings are fundamental to Jewish worship, and therefore to worship in Messianic Judaism as well. The Siddur (SID-dur), the Jewish prayer book, contains prayers and blessings used as liturgy in daily and special services at synagogue.
Yeshua HaMashiach (Yeh-SHOO-ah Ha-Mah-SHEE-akh) is Hebrew for “Jesus the Messiah ” Yeshua is a shortened version of the name Yehoshua (Yeh-HO-shoo-ah), which means “Adonai saves ” Mashiach is the Hebrew word for Messiah and means “anointed one
