Complete Jewish Bible

I think we've had this discussion before, and no.

sickntired771 said:

What are everyones thoughts on the Complete Jewish Bible by David Stern? Is it a good translation? Is it worth buying?

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I think so, just as good as any other translation.

I was not impressed by the interjection of yiddish into the text.

ErezY said:

I was not impressed by the interjection of yiddish into the text.

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How else could it be a real Jewish bible unless there is a healthy dose of Yiddishkeit in it?

Aryeh Jay said:

How else could it be a real Jewish bible unless there is a healthy dose of Yiddishkeit in it?

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Those poor sephardim......always getting the short end of the tassel!!

Aryeh Jay said:

How else could it be a real Jewish bible unless there is a healthy dose of Yiddishkeit in it?

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Yiddishkeit (Jewishness) is not the same as overinfusing the text with Yiddish terminology. By the way, there is a large part of the Jewish world that doesn't know or have anything to do with Yiddish.

sickntired771 said:

What are everyones thoughts on the Complete Jewish Bible by David Stern? Is it a good translation? Is it worth buying?

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I don't think it's worth buying, no. I think it's a bit of a gimmick. Harmless though.

yonah_mishael said:

Yiddishkeit (Jewishness) is not the same as overinfusing the text with Yiddish terminology. By the way, there is a large part of the Jewish world that doesn't know or have anything to do with Yiddish.

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Yeah, but they didn't make Fidler on the Roof.

ErezY said:

Those poor sephardim......always getting the short end of the tassel!!

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Our short tassels are wrapped a bit differently too. I keep getting told by the tzitzit police “those are wrong” and I reply “nope, yours are”.

yonah_mishael said:

Yiddishkeit (Jewishness) is not the same as overinfusing the text with Yiddish terminology. By the way, there is a large part of the Jewish world that doesn't know or have anything to do with Yiddish.

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My original quote was going to be “How else could it be a real Jewish bible unless there is a healthy dose of Yiddish in it?” but that didn’t sound Jewish enough. The complete Jewish bible is not being marketed to people that would know that there are other flavors of Jews in the world. One thing I miss from Seattle are the Ladino melodies and services that I attended. In Michigan they pronounce everything wrong and do things differently.

danny ski said:

Yeah, but they didn't make Fidler on the Roof.

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Now that’s a good Jewish movie. I mean, look at the director, Norman Jewison, you can’t get any more Jewish than that.

Aryeh Jay said:

Our short tassels are wrapped a bit differently too. I keep getting told by the tzitzit police “those are wrong” and I reply “nope, yours are”.

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I actually used the Sfaradi way to tie my tallit gadol. It's beautiful.

i think at the end of the day, if this bible helps you draw closer to God or assists in deppening your understanding of the scriptures, then yes buy one.


Steve

p.s. for the record I own one, though my preferred translation remains the New King James.

sickntired771 said:

I would ideally like to find a good Jewishy Bible with both covenants. Maybe a Messianic one will be good.

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~ A Book Every Christian Should Read ~​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSi3F925zlg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXYlYhIp3Jk

(One New Man Bible)​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMji2vp1pdc
The One New Man Bible has an excellent glossary from a Jewish perspective. There are footnotes on each page that offer insight into verses that you won’t find in other Bibles.

no. it is not a good translation. The OT is ok - the author copied another translation for that, but the NT he did himself and it has errors. And adding Yiddish in is just offensive. A translation is from One or more languages to One other language - not to one language with words from another language sprinkled in.

.Mikha'el. said:

Is there another version using some Hebraic terms that you all would recommend instead?

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Why is it necessary to use Hebraic terms?

ChavaK said:

Why is it necessary to use Hebraic terms?

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Because Ha-Shem sounds pretty cool.