Tree of Life Version
The Tree of Life Version of the Holy Scriptures , first published in 2014, is a Messianic Jewish translation of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament sponsored by the Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society and The King's University.
Purpose
According to the publisher, Baker Books, the Tree of Life Version is intended to be a translation that "speaks with a decidedly Jewish-friendly voice to recover the authentic context of the Bible and the Christian faith." The sponsors of the translation sought to restore to the biblical texts "their actual Jewish essence," which, in their view, is lost in most English translations.Specifically, the project sought to restore "the Jewish order of the books of the Old Testament," "the Jewish name of the Messiah, Yeshua," "reverence for the four-letter unspoken name of God," and "Hebrew transliterated terms, such as shalom, shofar, and shabbat." Prior to the publication of the TLV in its entirety, It was previously published either with the TLV New Covenant alone or bound together with the public domain 1917 Jewish Publication Society Version Tanakh as the Messianic Jewish Shared Heritage Bible.