Izzy Avraham here, the founding teacher. The one question I get asked most frequently as a Hebrew teacher is which Bible translation I recommend. (See the irony?) This ongoing review of Jewish, Messianic, and Hebraic Bible translations is my in-depth answer.

In this introductory video I talk ab...

Richly and authentically Jewish. Literal and at the same flowing and poetic. Beautiful to both eye and ear. Artscroll's Stone Edition Tanach takes first place in our recommendations for literal English translations. Available in English, Hebrew, or both. BUY: https://amzn.to/40SZXtw

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Artistically beautiful with colourful covers. Traditionally Jewish and historically Israeli. Sturdy and well-made. The Koren Tanakh takes first place in our recommendations for Hebrew Bibles! Let's begin with the story of the first Jewish Bible printed in almost half a Millennium. BUY: https://am...

First to use the original pronunciation of Hebrew names. Technical transliterations (Ḥ/ĥ for the Hebrew letter ח) and precise grammar ("thee/thou" singular and "you" plural.) Highly literal. Koren's Jerusalem Bible reads like a Jewish King James Bible and is your best choice if you prefer the maj...

Delving deeper into the Koren Tanakh, let's start with how the Messianic prophecies are interpreted and then move on to how both the Hebrew and English texts are laid out according to ancient Scribal law. By the time we're done talking about the "jots and tittles" of the Torah you'll know more ab...

The Living Torah takes first place for Jewish Bibles in modern English! Easy to read, rooted in tradition, and packed with informative notes and visuals, the Living Torah and Nach is perfect for anyone who wants a broader understanding of the original text - from the young or non-religious who ma...

Street kid. Yeshiva brain. Physicist phenom. Father to nine. Orthodox Rabbi in unorthodox congregations. Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan walked the fine line between religious genius and relatable guy. He was both traditional and 'with it', a living link between the old Yeshiva world and the 1970s. The way Ra...

Has anyone ever told you that Isaiah 53 isn't about the Messiah? Or that one man's death can't atone for another person's sins? The notes to the Living Nach reveal that these are Jewish beliefs after all. And how about the Shiloh prophecy, what are the seven meanings of this multidimensional Hebr...

Messiah has been busy taking care of lepers for the last 2000 years and you can find him. The Ten Tribes assimilated but they emerge to accept the dying Messiah and Judah is subservient to them until Zionism. The final Redemption doesn't happen until the end of Y6K but it will still take everyone...

How are the Daniel prophecies about past history and the future understood in Judaism? When are the 'time, times, and half a time', 'evening of the morning', '2300 days', 'Seventy weeks', and '1290/1335 days'? How about the fourth kingdom - was that just Rome and, by extension, Romish Christiani...

Easy to read. Original pronunciations of all Hebrew names. A real crash course in Hebrew and Judaism, especially the Study Bible. A pioneering work in its time, the Complete Jewish Bible is 100% Messianic and 100% Jewish. BUY: https://amzn.to/3E91txL

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How are keywords in the Complete Jewish Bible translated? How are the 'difficult words of Paul' interpreted? And most importantly, how do you actually PRONOUNCE all those Hebrew words and names anyway?! BUY: https://amzn.to/3E91txL

Delitzsch's gold-standard translation on the right-hand page with a word-for-word translation on the left. Rich with Hebrew words and names explained in notes and appendices. Opens from right to left with the beautiful look and feel of a genuine holy book/sefer. Return to your first love with thi...

In the first half of this review we told the story of the Delitzsch Hebrew-English Gospels, saw just how authentically Jewish its presentation is, and started discussing the actual translation. Picking up where we left off, let's look at how Hebrew names and keywords are handled and how the diffi...

Idioms are so nifty. These quirky little expressions that don't make sense but mean vivid things. The Gospels have lots of idioms which don't make sense in Greek or English, guess why? Because they're Hebrew! The soul of a language is in its idioms and learning them is like stepping into the worl...

If Jesus and his disciples were Jewish is it any surprise the Gospels are full of Jewish words? Many of these are lost in translation which is why the DHE transliterates them instead - so you get the original term with the full meaning. Of course if you don't know any Hebrew this can be a learnin...

There are approximately 230 names in Gospels and guess how many are Jewish? 200! How were all those Hebrew and Aramaic names actually pronounced and what do they mean? Let's go through the Glossary of Names in the back of the DHE and I'll teach you how to say all these proper names the proper way...

This isn't something we talk about much, but there are different manuscripts of the Gospels and they're not all the same. How big are the differences and where did they come from? Can the New Testament be the Word of God if the codexes don't agree? Let's look at the 30 variants in Matthew, Mark, ...

I need to warn you to be ready because about an hour in I lose focus and put a sticky note on your nose. Now that you've been forewarned, let's have the second half of our conversation about differing NT manuscripts and continue looking at specific verses where you can see those differences. I th...

Based on the same ASV translation as the New American Standard but with a simpler vocabulary and sentence structure. Some Hebrew names and keywords but not too many. Has the name of God in Hebrew but is respectful towards Judaism. Looks and feels like a real Bible. The NJV takes first place in ou...