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James Trimm <jstrimm@n...> Date: Thu Sep 19, 2002 8:32 am Subject: Hebraic-Roots Version Scriptures | |||||||||||||||||
Announcing: The Complete Hebraic-Roots Version Scriptures (Tanak and “New Testament”). Unlike previous Messianic translations the HRV Scriptures: Tanak AND “New Testament” are BOTH translated from Hebrew and Aramaic rather than Greek. Some of the major features of the HRV include: MESSIANIC TERMINOLOGY RATHER THAN FROM GREEK SACRED NAME APPEARS BASED ON MANUSCRIPT EVIDENCE LITERAL TRANSLATION, NOT PARAPHRASED BOOKS APPEAR IN THE ORIGINAL ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT ORDER QUOTES FROM TANAK (OLD TEST.) APPEAR BOLD FACED AND FOOTNOTED OVER 1,700 SCHOLARLY FOOTNOTES CITING THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGES ETC IN THE “NEW TESTAMENT” ALONE! The Hebraic Roots Version (which began as the Semitic New Testament Project) was a ten year project to produce a new and accurate translation of the New Testament taken primarily from old Hebrew and Aramaic sources. It was later expanded to include the Tanak as well. Now that we are coming out with a complete HRV Bible some of you have been emailing and calling asking about how the Tanak (Old Testament) portion of this Tanak compares with others Fist of all the HRV will follow the original manuscript order for the Tanak books and divinding them into three sections: The Torah (The Law); The Navi'im (The Prophets) and The Ketuvim (The Writings). Secondly this will be a "Sacred Name edition. The Sacred Name of YHWH will appear as YHWH rather than "LORD" or "GOD". El, Eloah and Elohim will be transliterated directly into the text and NOT be translated as "God". All other divine titles like ELYON (Most High) and ADONAI/ADON (Master) will be transliterated as well. There are also 134 places where the Masorah indicates that the scribes altered "YHWH" to "Adonai" and where the Dead Sea Scrolls, where extant, verify this claim. In these places the text will read YHWH and have a footnote concerning the textual revision. There are also 8 places where "YHWH" was altered to "Elohim"; in these cases also the HRV restores YHWH and has a footnote explaining the correction. Thirdly there are 18 passages where the Masorah records that the Scribes modified the text of the Tanak where the felt that the original reading did not show proper respect for Elohim. The HRV restores these readings and includes footnotes explaining the restoration. Fourthly, there are a number of passages which many past translations have translated poorly. The HRV seeks to correct such mistranslations which have often led to misunderstandings. The following are some examples: The Complete Jewish Bible has: "The Scriptures" version from ISR has: Now there is a lot of difference between these three readings. Yet all three make a fundamental mistake in translation. In the Hebrew both verse 5 and verse 6 open with exactly the same word/phrase "V'AMAR" meaning "And [he] shall say...". In verse 5 the KJV has "but he shall say" and in verse 6 the same phrase is translated "and one shall say". In the CJB verse 5 has "and instead, he will say" and then in verse 6 the identical Hebrew phrase is translated "If someone asks". In "The Scriptures" version verse 5 has "but shall say" and then in verse 6 the identical Hebrew phrase is translated "And one shall say". The result of all three mistranslations is to WRONGLY imply that the speaker has shifted at the beginning of verse 6. Thus if we were to use the format of a script we would read: False Prophet: I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; Messianic Judge: What are these wounds in your hands? False Prophet: Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. However the HRV translates both phrases the same as follows: Thus in the HRV the shift in speaker does not occur until verse 6b as follows: False Prophet: I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; Messianic Judge: Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. In most versions the the figure with the wounds in the midst of his hands is the false prophet while in the HRV it is the Messianic Judge. Thus in the HRV version the passage points back to Zech. 12:10 and the one who is "pierced" and forward to Zech 13:7 where a "shepherd" is smitten and his sheep scatter. Two other points: In verse 5b the CJB has "since my youth I've only wanted to be an ordinary man" however the Hebrew reads simply KI-ADAM ("for a man") HIK'NANI ("purchased me") MIN'URAI ("from my youth"). In verse 6 the Hebrew pharse BAYN YADEYAK means literally "in the midst of your hands" but the CJB interprets this to refer to "between your shoulders" but thus loses the obvious reference to Messiah Yeshua. Another important passage where many translations have poorly translated is Ex. 6:3. The KJV has: The CJB by David Stern has: "The Scriptures" version by ISR has: Now in Hebrew there is no interagative clause as we know it in English. In Hebrew questions often appear as statements made in a questioning manner. In this case the phase "...by My Name YHWH was I not known to them..." is actually a question (as "The Scriptures" version also rightly translates) "And by My Name YHWH was I not known to them?". Also all three versions: the KJV; the CJB and "The Scriptures" render the Hebrew phrase B'EL SHADDAI as "by the name of God Almighty" (in the KJV) and with "as El Shaddai" in the CJB and "The Scriptures" however this phase should literally be translated as it appears in the HRV as "in El Shaddai". Thus the HRV reads in this passage: Thus in the HRV this passage is properly tanslated so as to remain consitant with the rest of the Torah in which Abraham, Isaac and Jacob did often refer to YHWH by the name of "YHWH" and properly relates that YHWH appeared to them "in El Shaddai". One last example I will give here is Deut. 22:9 where the KJV has: Stern's CJB has: "The Scriptures" from ISR has: Now the Hebrew word that both the KJV and "The Scriptures" have translated as "defiled" is KADASH which means exactly the opposite of "defiled", KADASH is never translted "defiled" in any other passage. The word KADASH means "holy" (i.e. property of the Temple Priesthood). The CJB interprets rather than translates KADASH to mean "must be forfeited" which conveys a more correct idea but fails to relate the fact that the fruit is holy and forfeited specificly to the Temple and becomes property of YHWH. This is especially important because it shed great light on the parable of the wheat and tares (Mt. 13) as it demonstrates that the enemy (HaSatan) has forfeited both crops to YHWH. (At this point I want to say that I have not chosen the CJB and "The Scriptures" for comparison because they are bad translations, to the contrary I have chosen to compare to them because they are good translations.) Finally the HRV Tanak contains many footnotes giving important alternate readings from the Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts; the Samaritan Pentateuch; the Greek Septuagent; the Aramaic Peshitta Tanak and the Aramaic Targums. The HRV "New Testament" text is taken from ancient Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts. (Shem Tob, DuTillet and Muster Hebrew Matthew; Munster Hebrew Hebrews; The Old Syriac Aramaic Gospels; The Aramaic Peshitta NT; Munster Hebrew Hebrews and the Crawford Aramaic Revelation.) Unlike most translations this edition is not rooted in a Greek Hellenistic text. Instead this translation seeks to understand the text of the New Testament from the languages in which it was originally written. This is important because there are some passages in the NT which do not make sense at all in Greek, but only begin to make sense when we look at them in Hebrew and Aramaic: Acts 11:27-30 And in these days prophets came from Jerusalem to
Antioch. Then one of
Now this doesn't make sense at all, why would those in Antioch send
relief to those dwelling IN JUDEA if the famine was to strike all THE
WORLD. They would be facing famine themselves. The solution lies in
the fact that the word for "WORLD" in the Aramaic manuscripts
is ‘ERA (Strong's #772) the Aramaic formthem, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all THE WORLD, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the talmidim, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers dwelling IN JUDEA. This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. of the Hebrew word ERETZ (Strong's 776). This word can mean "world" (as in Prov. 19:4) "earth" (as in Dan. 2:35) or "land" (as in Dan. 9:15) and is often used as a euphemism for "The Land of Israel" (as in Dan. 9:6). Certainly the word here is not meant to mean "world" but "land of Israel." Mt. 26:9 = Mk. 14:3 And when Y'shua was in Bethany at the house of
Simon the leper,
As any Bible student knows, lepers were not permitted to live in the
city(see Lev. 13:46). Since ancient Hebrew and Aramaic were written without vowels, there was no distinction between the Aramaic words GAR'BA (leper) and GARABA (jar maker or jar merchant). Since in this story a woman pours oil from a jar it is apparent that Simon was a jar merchant or jar maker and not a leper. Mt. 19:12 & Acts 8:26f ....there are eunuchs who have made themselves
eunuchs for the
The man in Acts 8:27 appears to be a proselyte to Judaism since he seems
to be making the Torah-required pilgrimage to Jerusalem (Dt. 16:16). The
Torah, however, forbids a eunuch both from becoming a proselyte Jew, and
from worshiping at the Temple (Dt. 23:1f). This also raises the question
of why one would become a eunuch (be castrated) for the sake of the
Kingdom of Heaven. After all eunuchs are excluded from the assembly of
Israel. The word for "eunuch" in the Aramaic manuscripts
of both of theses passages is M’HAIMNA which can mean "eunuch"
but can also mean "believer" or "faithful one" as it
clearly means here.Kingdom of Heaven's sake.... --Mt. 19:12 NKJV So he [Phillip] arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship. --Acts 8:27 NKJV Mt. 19:24 = Mk. 10:25 = Lk. 18:25 ...it is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle
The word for "camel" in the Aramaic manuscripts is GAMLA which
can mean "camel" but can also refer to a "large
rope," which is certainly the meaning here.than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God. Jn. 12:11 & 15:16 One word that the Greek translators often misunderstood was the Aramaic word ‘EZAL which normally means "to go" or "to depart" but is used idiomatically in Aramaic to mean that some action goes forward and that something progresses "more and more". One case where the Greek translator misunderstood this word and translated to literally is in Jn. 12:11: Because that by reason of him many of the Jews
Now I have translated the Aramaic of this passage as follows:went away (!?!?!?!?), and believed on Jesus. (KJV) because many of the Judeans, on account of him,
And Jn. 15:16:were trusting more and more (‘EZAL) in Yeshua. ...that ye should go and bring forth fruit...
I have translated from the Aramaic:KJV ...that you also should bear fruit more and more
(‘EZAL)...
The HRV Tanak it translated primarily from the Hebrew Masoretic Text
contains many footnotes giving important alternate readings from the Dead
Sea Scroll manuscripts; the Samaritan Pentateuch; the Greek Septuagent;
the Aramaic Peshitta Tanak and the Aramaic Targums.The HRV "New Testament" text is taken from ancient Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts. (Shem Tob, DuTillet and Muster Hebrew Matthew; Munster Hebrew Hebrews; The Old Syriac Aramaic Gospels; The Aramaic Peshitta NT and the Crawford Aramaic Revelation.) and has over 1,700 footnotes. The complete HRV Bible (Tanak and “New Testament”) will have a sturdy stitched LEATHER binding and gold trim pages and is due for publication in late November) You can reserve your pre-publication copy of the complete HRV Bible for just $50.00 plus $6.00 Shipping and handling ($10.00 outside the US). ***This is a special pre-publication price which will be available for a limited time only.*** SANJ can now take credit cards through email sales@nazarene.net or phone in orders 817-284-7039 or you can mail it in as well SANJ PO Box 471 Hurst, Texas 76053 Send the following information Name on card Card Type Card Number Expiration Date Phone Number Billing Address Shipping Address if different from Billing Email Address The quantity of the items you want. Or you can still send in a check or money order to the above address. Please note that all checks have a two-week holding period. (International checks three weeks). We also still accept Paypal orders as well. http//www.paypal.com PLEASE view our shipping and payment policies http//www.nazarene.net/shipping_and_payment_information.htm IF you send along your email address we can send you a shipping confirmation. If you have any questions concerning donations or orders please contact the following sales@nazarene.net For questions about the books, other then donation price, please contact the following sanj@nazarene.net | |||||||||||||||||
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