Does anyone here have a translation of the Bible called the "Complete Jewish Bible"?
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I do. I like it, it gives you another  way of viewing scripture. The same meaning in most of it, just worded differently
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1. What scripture verse was translated incorrectly (What did the incorrect verse say)\n\nHERE IS THE WHOLE STORY, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW:::\n\n          Exodus 34:28-35  28 And he was there with the \n          Etrnl forty days and forty nights; he did \n          neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote \n          upon the tables the words of the covenant, the \n          ten commandments. 29  And it came to pass, when \n          Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two \n          tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came \n          down from the mount, that Moses wist not that \n          the skin of his face shone while he talked with  \n          him.  כי קרן עור פניו בדברו אתו׃\n          30  And when Aaron and all the children of \n          Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face \n          shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. \n          31  And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and \n          all the rulers of the congregation returned unto \n          him: and Moses talked with them. 32  And \n          afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: \n          and he gave them in commandment all that the \n          Etrnl had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33  \n          And till Moses had done speaking with them, he \n          put a vail on his face. 34  But when Moses went \n          in before the Etrnl to speak with him, he took \n          the vail off, until he came out. And he came \n          out, and spake unto the children of Israel that \n          which he was commanded. 35  And the children of \n          Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of \n          Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon \n          his face again, until he went in to speak with\n          him. \n\nThe verse incorrectly translated is, of course, Exodus 34:29 above, and i have supplied the Hebrew. The word mistranslated is the word, 'KEREN,' meaning 'beam,' like a beam of light. Unfortunately, the word also means horn, as in a 'horn of plenty.'\n\n2. and what is the correct translation?\n\nMay own translation:::\n\nExo 34:29 ויהי ברדת משׁה מהר סיני ושׁני לחת העדת ביד־משׁה ברדתו מן־ההר ומשׁה לא־ידע כי קרן עור פניו בדברו אתו׃\n\nAnd when Moses came down from the Mountain of Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in the hand of Moses, when he came down from the Mountain, and Moses did not know that beams of light (keren or) shone from his face when he spoke with Him.\n\nAdditional information:: When i was a kid, i actually had Christians come up to me, asking me where my horns were? Their ministers and their families had taught them that the Jews actually had horns, based on the New Testament quotation, when Jesus calls The Jews children of Satan!!!!
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I can attest that the KJV does mistranslate a lot of words. My trusty NIV holds up pretty well, I think I've only found two slight errors, but the KJV is definitely shaky at best. And no, the "thee" and "thou" parts of the KJV are not problematic, that is simply the language of the day and it doesn't matter if you translate, "thou art happy" or "you are happy", its the same thing. I love Greek.
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Yes, I was always amazed about this. Even more intersting is it takes about one whole year for one Torah. I always feel a great deal of respect for these people who dedicate their lifes to this cause and can sit hours one this very detailed work. I know I couldn't.\n\n     I am sure the text is accuate. I respect these people beyond doubt. The debates are from two sources. \n\n     First, what the text means. This is commonly addressed by rabbis and the different interperatations are generaly included in bar/bat mitzvah speeches to show the understanding of the Torah and their knowledge.\n\n     Secound, is the despite popular belief, the language translation from Hebrew to English. While two words may have the same connotation the annotaion may be different. Also langeges evolve over time. See http://www.webster.com/help/faq/etymology.htm\n\n\nOk I'm curious... Schneb. What religion are you? (Schneb sounds Jewish but I tought you were christian) If you don't want to tell its ok as it make no difference to my response.
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First of all, no one speaks ancient Greek or Hebrew anymore, so there will always be some debate to translation.  \n\nSecond, the translators of the New World Translation are all Jehovah's Witnesses.  Part of the belief system of the Jehovah Witnesses (and part of what makes it a cult) is that if any non-JW tries to convince you of anything they are "from the devil, and should not be listened to."  So it isn't that they haven't told the translators about the errors, it is that the translators don't listen.  \n\nThird, the "scholars" you speak of don't have the qualifications to translate the Bible.  They use their ideology, not their intellect to make the statement that there are "no errors."\n\nFourth, if the "scholars" were doing such a great job of translating, why don't all the other scholars who study ancient Greek and Hebrew come up with at least SOME of the same conclusions, in fact why do ALL of them disagree?\n\nFifth, if the New World Translation has no errors, why can a simple Greek student like myself find errors?  If you believe the New World Translation has no errors, you have never taken Greek!\n\nSixth, Scholars who have actually done the translating on every translation (with a few exceptions where ideology got in the way, like the NWT) have worked very hard to make sure there were no translation errors, so your argument is invalid.\n\n\nBTW - Translating error - John 1:1, if it should be translated "the Word was a God" because of the lack of a definite article before the word translated God (here the word is Theos), you had better insert the word "a" before God in verses 6,12, and 18 of the same chapter to read, "There arose a man that was sent forth as a representative of a god," "...to them he gave authority to become a god's children," and, "No man has seen a god at any time," for there is no definite article in front of God in any of these verses, either.  If you don't believe me, look it up.
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First, the 'septuagint' does not refer to the Greek translation fo the entire Bible. The only text 'the seventy' were asked to translate was the Five Books Of Moses, and nothing more. Later in time, when other books were translated, they were added to the texts of the Septuagint, and then, over time, all of them began to be referred to as the Septuagint, but only the first Five Books Of Moses actually were THE Septuagint.\n\nJust to name a very few:::\n\nKing James Version, New International Version, Today's New International Version, New Living Translation, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version, Holman Christian Standard Bible, New Revised Standard Version, Good News Translation, Contemporary English Version, New Century Version, New King James Version, New American Bible, New Jerusalem Bible, NET Bible, Revised Standard Version, The Message, God's Word, Revised English Bible\n\nHere are "a few" more::::\n(AAT) The Complete Bible: An American Translation, by Edgar Goodspeed and J. M. Powis Smith, 1939. \n(ABT) The Afro Bible Translation \n(ATB) The Alternate Translation Bible \n(ASV) American Standard Version (purchase ASV) \n(AB) The Amplified Bible (editions for sale) \n(ALT) Analytical-Literal Translation \n(ASL) American Sign Language Translation \n(AV) Authorized Version (same as KJV) \n(Bar) The New Testament: A New Translation, by William Barclay \n(BLB) The Better Life Bible \n(BWE) Bible in WorldWide English \nThe Bible Gateway Translation Information (see BWE description) \n(CCB) Christian Community Bible \n(CE) The Common Edition: New Testament \n(CJB) Complete Jewish Bible \nComparison with NIV \n(CV) Concordant Version \n(CEV) Contemporary English Version \nCEV online \nEnergion review \nInterview: On the Shoulders of King James \nKen Anderson review \nMichael Marlow review \nTyndale website overview \n(Dar) Darby \n(DR) Douay-Rheims \n(DRP) David Robert Palmer's translations of the gospels \n(EMTV) English Majority Text Version \n(ENT) Extreme New Testament (revision of Simple English Bible, below) \nForward, by Tommy Tenney \n(ERV) Easy-to-Read Version \n(ESV) English Standard Version \n(FF) Ferrar Fenton Bible \n(GLW) God's Living Word \n(GNC) God's New Covenant: A New Testament Translation, by Heinz W. Cassirer \n(GNT) Good News Translation [formerly, (GNB) Good News Bible, and (TEV) Today's English Version] \n(GW) God's Word \nGod's Word online \nReview of God's Word, by Wayne Leman \n(HCSB) Holman Christian Standard Bible (online, see Access Bibles section, below \narticle \n(HNV) Hebrew Names Version \n(ICB) International Children's Bible (children's version of the NCV) \n(ISB) International Standard Bible (formerly titled The Simple English Bible) \n(ISV) The International Standard Version \nISV Naturalness and Comprehension Survey, by Phil Fields \n(JBP) New Testament in Modern English, by J.B. Phillips \nNew Testament in Modern English, Revised, by J.B. Phillips \nStudent edition \nThe J. B. Phillips Translation: A Guided Tour \n(JNT) Jewish New Testament: A Translation of the New Testament That Expresses Its Jewishness (see Complete Jewish Bible) \n(JPS) Jerusalem Publication Society: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text \n\n(KJV) King James Version and recent revisions \nKJV \nTranslators to the Reader \n\n(DKJB) Defined King James Bible \nDKJB reviewed by Joseph Ng \nDKJB reviewed by David W. Cloud \n(KJII) King James Version II (renamed to Literal Translation of the Holy Bible) \n(KJ21) King James for the 21st Century \nKJV21 review \n(KJ2000) King James 2000 \n(LITV) The Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (formerly named King James II) \nLITV download site \nThe Literal Translation of the Holy Bible Frequently Asked Questions \n(MKJV) Modern King James Version \nalternate site \nMKJV download site \n(NKJV) New King James Version \n(RAV) Revised Authorised
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The best way you can find out what the bible says in "real terms" is to read it in Hebrew. That is the original language  it was written in. I find it useful when reading to have The Exhaustive concorance of the Bible near by.
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look up the Gideon's (www.gideon.org). They have multilingual bibles. Another option is to approach your local christian bookshop for this one you will need to pay.
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The Bible In Basic English, 1965, by Cambridge University Press.  But let's vote on it to decide if it is true. :)
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Check these out.\nhttp://etext.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html\nhttp://www.audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html
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Was the Old Testament originally written in Hebrew?\n----YES\n\nWas the New Testament originally written in Greek?\n--------YES, although Christians claim there was, originally, a Hebrew version. The fact that it did not survive shows that the Greek version was more important to the early Christians than the Hebrew, indicating the degree to which they were assimilated into Greek religion and Culture.\n\nHow difficult are these languages to learn?\n-------Hebrew is easy, i cannot speak for Greek. I teach people to read (vocalize) the Hebrew text, not to translate, just to pronounce, in just 3 hours.\n\nHow beneficial would it be for me to learn them?\n------if you dont want to rely on someone else's translations, it is vital that you learn them!\n\nAnd where would I get a copy of the Bible in both English and Greek/Hebrew\n--------I recommend the Koren Publishing Company's translation. The Koren Publishing Company is in Jerusalem, so, unfortunately, they called their translation The Jerusalem Bible, which, in the U.S., is the name of a Catholic translation, and they are not the same thing. Most Barnes and Nobles have the Koren translation, which has the Hebrew on the left and the English on the right. Unfortunately the English still sounds like something from King James, but at least the translation tried to be literal. Of course, this is only the Hebrew Scriptures, and a Greek/English, i know nothing about.\n\nI would urge you NOT to get what is called an Interlinnear translation. All they do is take their copyrighted translation and match those individual words to the Hebrew that they want translated that way, regardless of whether or not it means what their copyrighted translation says.
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The Nestle-Aland Greek text has become the near-universally accepted standard.  It is outstanding and has exhaustive footnotes to record variant manuscripts (although reading the footnotes can be more challenging than reading the Greek).\n\nAs for English translations, I prefer the New American Standard Bible (NASB) as I believe it does the best job of translating in a word-for-word fashion.
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The original was written in Hebrew & Greek but now in English written bibles I have found that the King James Version is the closest. Don't take my word for that but it is the bible that I study from. What you need to do is pray about it and ask God to show you where He wants you to read His Word from.
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Bible's been translated in almost 32 langauges.\nList of translations\n\n    1 Afrikaans\n    2 Chinese\n    3 Croatian\n    4 Czech\n    5 Dutch\n    6 English\n    7 Esperanto\n    8 Finnish\n    9 French\n    10 German\n    11 Gothic\n    12 Greek (Modern)\n    13 Gullah\n    14 Hawaiian\n    15 Hungarian\n    16 Icelandic\n    17 Italian\n    18 Jèrriais\n    19 Klingon\n    20 Latin\n    21 Manx\n    22 Polari\n    23 Polish\n    24 Romanian\n    25 Spanish\n    26 Slavonic\n    27 Slovene\n    28 Swahili\n    29 Swedish\n    30 Welsh\n    31 Urdu\n    32 Hindi\n\n\nfor more information you can check it out here\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translation
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If you want a full answer, you have to visit "Judaism 101" at www.jewfaq.com
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They have software no that does it for you, I think the name of it was The Keys To The Bible. It only works with the Hebrew Bible, so you need the software for translation to english. Maybe try Google it, to find software.
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Heh, heh... thanks bro. ;)\n\nI have seen some rare textual changes that have changed the meaning or even elimination of a word because they could not see how it fits. Hebrew letters can look very close to one another, much like our "l" and "i". So any distortion in the leather parchment could be a problem or the flaking of the ink could cause problems as well.\nMy mentor once told me that when the military creates a complex code, they transmit it with parity, or multiple times, so that if the coded message is in any way garbled, they can compare it to earlier or later transmissions. The Bible does the same thing by repeating the important messages several times. This is why Deuteronomy is called Deuteronomy. It's "repeating what we already know is true".\nCan these people explain to me why the entire 2,000 year old Isaiah scroll found in Qumran is virtually identical with the modern copies found in every synagogue in the world?\nRemember that Revelation carries an eternal curse of damnation for anyone who adds or subtracts from the text of scripture, and I do not think King James was hoping for political advantage at the expense of his soul.\nToday, we still have the original Hebrew and Greek text. Changing the scriptures would offer us ZERO political gain. Yet is still translates the same as the original King James, only with todays vernacular. \nI wonder if these people even research beyond their own notions. Do they have such skepticism when they read their dosage instructions for medication?