Bible Engagement
Rabbi Paul, in the Book of Romans, reminded the mixed crowd of new believers, Jew and Gentile alike, that the Jewish people were charged with the task of preserving the Holy Scriptures from their very first calling as a “people.”
In May 2008, this project started as the desire of one small group of Rabbis’ wives hoping to publish a Messianic Jewish Children’s Bible. Instead, God breathed on this spark and He revitalized our “people” in a move so powerful it reunited families, destroyed disunity between our organizations and gave our movement a fresh vision of what we could accomplish TOGETHER by taking our place “on the wall around Jerusalem” alongside the Christian Church in these last days.
Bible Literacy
Originally, our desire to use “Messiah Yeshua” instead of “Jesus Christ” and the Jewish book order instead of the Christian book order for the Old Testament seemed meager goals. Few of us had any idea how big the chasm between our worlds was. But, make no mistake, Christianity is based on Judaism. There is so much more that connects us than divides us, and this text is finally finished.
Since our inception: a hope for a children’s Bible became a dream for a family Bible, one translator multiplied into 32 scholars, a $5000 check gave seed to over a million dollars in donations, a single translation became a collaborative work, the Greek sentence structure was restored to Hebrew sentence structure, faith turned into a verb instead of a noun, salvation became Yeshua, and peace became shalom.
Biblical Living
Originally, our desire to use “Messiah Yeshua” instead of “Jesus Christ” and the Jewish book order instead of the Christian book order for the Old Testament seemed meager goals. Few of us had any idea how big the chasm between our worlds was. But, make no mistake, Christianity is based on Judaism. There is so much more that connects us than divides us, and this text is finally finished.
Since our inception: a hope for a children’s Bible became a dream for a family Bible, one translator multiplied into 32 scholars, a $5000 check gave seed to over a million dollars in donations, a single translation became a collaborative work, the Greek sentence structure was restored to Hebrew sentence structure, faith turned into a verb instead of a noun, salvation became Yeshua, and peace became shalom.
Testimonials
Shalom. Todah Rabah. My husband and I absolutely are so blessed with all your website's content. I just shared the access to a very special friend who was muslim and is now celebrating the life of Yeshua in her heart. I gave her the extra copy I was saving for a directive from the Lord of the special edition of the Women' TLV . Your ministry is touching lives. Thank Diniah for her art work sharing. This will be a blessing to the family and especially the 9yo daughter of my muslim friend who is very talented in art and struggling with some issues.
The work it took to create this Blessed version of God’s Word. All those who worked and struggled to make it happen. All those who daily persevered. All those who listened and acted out their parts. Produced the last and most Blessed vetted version of God's Word.
"The time I have spent getting to know these wonderful folks and their ministry (via Facebook and internet), exploring their resources, and especially using the Tree of Life Version, the more blessed I am! Toda!"
"Its amazing! You guys at the Bible Society actually live through 'predictable' miracles. Not saying that you can tell the future or anything. But you know God and how He does things. You know how to see them and where to find them. This is what you do. And we want to live with you in it."
"These people are the real deal, I love following hard after Yeshua/Jesus and digging into God’s word with them! Daniah is delightful, ask her to sing the Aaronic blessing. Love the TLV Bible, too, a great blessing!"
"This is a great organization, great people, and great Bible. I recommend them to anybody and everybody."