Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69442 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1697 pages

Customer Reviews

Fresh insight into the Bible
I have been reading The Complete Jewish Bible over the past 6 months. I am really enjoying it. At last, version of Bible in which the characters step out of the pages and in to the mind of the reader. I feel as if I have met Job, Jeremiah, Ruth, Paul, John and naturally Jesus.

The type setting allows the reader to see immediately what is poetry and what is narrative, quotations from other parts of scripture are clearly indicated thus making the text easy to read and understand.

This book is a must for those who are trying to understand the Jewish background to the Christian faith and offers fresh insight into many biblical texts and is open to all

An incredible book for both Jews and Christians
The 'Complete Jewish Bible' is an awesome book, uniting in the title two words ('jewish' and 'bible') which in the religious world don't mix. By doing so it also unites two totally different religions - Judaism and Christianity. The aim of the author (David H. Stern) is to prove the divinity of the the messiah (Yeshua) to God's chosen people (the jews) and remind Christians of their Jewish roots, showing that the new testament is a completely Jewish writing. The reason I like this book so much personally is the fact that it uses the correct Hebrew words for people, places and events and it doesn't distinguish between the "Old" and "New" testaments, therefore implying that both are, in fact, one book. This was a great aid to me as it helped me to realise that although I've accepted Yeshua as the chosen Messiah, I must also accept that I am still bound by the laws of the Torah. If there is no seperation between the "Old" and the "New" testaments than clearly it means that the Torah still aplies today. The 'Complete Jewsih Bible' also follows the Hebrew order of the Tanakh's books, the order with which Yeshua was familiar. It corrects mis-translations in the "New" testament and focuses on Messianic prophecy. This book was reccommended to me by an incredible friend of my and I would recommend it to both Jews and Christians.

This is the best translation of the Scriptures i've read!
The Complete Jewish Bible undoubtedly is the best translation i've ever read! I've studied Hebrew and Greek, and believe that Stern gives fresh insights to the true, lost Jewishness of the Gospel! His insights are unique, and picks up the gap of the Jewishness of the Gospel, where even the best of the Christian translations fail at this! He offers both Hebrew/English, English/Hebrew glosseries at the back of the Bible, so someone unfamiliar with Hebrew can read the Bible, and learn Hebrew vocabulary at the same time. The translation is in enjoyable modern English, but there are inserted Hebrew words throughout the text This is a great devotional Bible, and I would definately say that if the NIV and KJV are considered as Authoritative, then this Bible, surely ought to be! The CJB corrects anti-Jewish translational errors which are in the KJV. This Bible shows clearly how Yeshua is the promised Jewish Moshaich. My mother is a fairly new Jewish believer in Yeshua Ha Moshiach, and this translation has inspired her faith unlike the NASB she had before! From the CJB, every Jewish person ought to be able to see that Yeshua is in harmony with the Tanakh("Old Testament"). Thus, this is a great witnessing tool! I firmly believe that the Ruach Ha Kodesh("The Holy Spirit)",has inspired Mr. Stern to make this translation! Most Messianic Jews use this translation!