The Jewish New Testament
[MP3-JNT]

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Sample recording

Run length: 22 hours, 36 minutes
Reader: Jonathan Settel
File type: MP3
Total download size: 1.2 GB
Number of ZIP files: 9
Quality setting: 128 kbps, 44kHz
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Why is this New Testament different from all other New Testaments? Because the Jewish New Testament expresses its original and essential Jewishness. The New Testament is a Jewish book—by Jews, mostly about Jews, and for Jews as well as Gentiles. Its central figure, the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), was and is a Jew. Vicarious atonement, salvation, immersion (baptism), the new covenant and the very concept of a Messiah are all Jewish. In sum, the New Testament is built upon and completes the Hebrew Scriptures.

The Jewish New Testament brings out Jewishness in three ways:

• Cosmetically—by using neutral terms and Hebrew names: "execution-stake," not "cross"; "Ya'akov," not "James."
Culturally and Religiously—by highlighting Jewish features: "Chanukkah," not "the feast of dedication"; "tzitzit," not "fringe."
• Theologically—by correcting mistranslations resulting from anti-Jewish theological bias; for example, at Romans 10:4 the Messiah is "the goal at which the Torah aims," not "the end of the law."