CJB - 1989
Complete Jewish Bible
(Jewish New Testament)
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This version expresses its original and essential Jewishness.Most other English translations of the New Testament present their messagein a Gentile-Christian linguistic, cultural, and theological framework.Yeshua, the Messiah, was a Jew, was born to Jews, grew up among Jews, ministeredto Jews, and died and rose from the dead in the Jewish capital.

Much of what is written in the New Testament is incomprehensibleoutside its Jewish context. The best demonstration of its Jewishness isalso the most convincing of its truth, namely, the number of Tanakh prophecieswhich are fulfilled in Yeshua. Three of the areas in which the Jewish NewTestament can aid in "fixing up the world" are: Christian antisemitism,Jewish failure to receive the Gospel, and separation between the Churchand the Jewish people.

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 termschange to a Jewish context (e.g., the "fringe" or "edge"of Yeshua's robe to his tzitzit, which is a ritual tassel). Theologicalchanges are made where Gentile-Christian theologies de-emphasize Jews asGod's people (e.g., New Covenant "has been enacted through betterpromises" to has been given as Torah on the basis of better promises-- Hebrews 8:6).

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

It is based primarily on the United Bible Societies' TheGreek 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 HolySpirit.

Jewish New Testament Publications (1989)

[Tyndale House, Cambridge, UnitedKingdom]

Yochanan(John) 1: 1 - 3

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
And the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
All things came to be through him,
and without him nothing made had being.

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