Jewish Study Bible...reviewed by a Christian!

In this episode, we are looking at the Jewish Study Bible by Oxford University Press. The edition looked at in this video is available at: tinyurl.com/yssufzmt The 2nd Edition is available at: smile.amazon.com/Jewish-Study...
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[@gordonisbell2308]

JM- I believe this is you’re best Bible review. I’ve never seen anyone engage the content of a study Bible like you have. Thorough, succinct and balanced. I believe that God has given you a gift that you are using for our benefit. Thank you so much.

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thank you, JM. Been waiting for this review. I have this digitally thru OliveTree.I've only used it for Psalms. Now I'm inspired to dig deeper. Mucho Thanxo 🌹🌹🌹🌹😎

[@richardmiddleton1270]

The NRSV also translates the phrase ruah elohim as "a wind from God" in Genesis 1:2. Along these lines, the Protestant Christian OT scholar Gerhard von Rad translates this as "a terrible storm." In contrast, the Jewish scholar Nahum Sarna notes that this phrase might be "a phrase signaling the arrival of God, expressing His immanence, or symbolizing His presence." (I address this in The Liberating Image, p. 86.)

[@angelamc2923]

I love that you are reviewing all these Jewish resources. I've just invested in all these (mostly in Olive Tree software so my resources are always with me and linked together). I also like the First Century Study Bible. I'm not Jewish, just a Christian studying Hebrew and a more Hebraic theological view of the topics that I think we've distorted since Augustine. The Jewish annotated New Testament isn't available in Olive Tree yet, so I have that in Logos. I'm also so glad I've discovered you...egal and non-reformed! I've been binge-ing your Bible reviews because a couple of years ago I couldnt find any egal reviews of study Bibles, so I began a project to do it myself. But your reviews are terrific and I agree with you so much on most things. I hope your channel grows well, and I certainly will be referring people to it a LOT.

[@BrianLassek]

Thanks for another great review!

[@cchadmlavigne]

Love your videos!! All of them are great, entertaining and informative. I have a recommendation on a Bible to review. You should review the TLV messianic Jewish bible, its a really great translation and sticks to the hebrew names and ideas of things, and as a messianic Jew I love reading it and seeing the new testament with Jewish names

[@TheWordNerd]

Great video, I know what bible I'm getting next lol cnt wait for the Koren tanakh review 😀

[@MatthewMcknight]

Very fair and incredibly insightful review!! For my New Testament study this year, I am going through the Oxford Jewish Annotated New Testament, which is related to this book. It is also incredibly thorough, but very fruitful to understand more Jewish customs and interpretations, even while remaining very Christian myself.

[@DiscipleDojo]

I just picked up that one and the Jewish Annotated Apochrypa last week. Hopefully I'll be able to review them both this year as well.

[@AmericanShia786]

After viewing your excellent review of the Jewish Study Bible, I intend to acquire a copy of the Second Edition. I have an Orthodox Jewish Chumash from Artscroll, as well as the One volume synagogue edition of the Chutnick Chumash used by the Lubavitchers. Normally, I use the KJV, NKJV, and both the ESV and NRSV with Apocrypha.

[@barnie1956]

I never heard of covering a paperback book with contact paper. Thank you for the idea..

[@karinhh7782]

To be honest I'm pretty new to my practice and I'd never seen a Jewish bible before. I've been to synagogue numerous times with friends but only recall seeing the Torah. I found you're video highly insightful and its fueled my desire to learn more. I do have one request. I've watched about 1/2 of your videos and I always walk away with some good nugget but, maybe I missed it, I don't see where you've reviewed journaling bibles. If you haven't done a video would you please consider? Thanks, Karin

[@DiscipleDojo]

Thanks for the comment! I haven't reviewed any journaling Bibles because there's really not much to review. Journaling Bibles are just the Bible text laid out in a format with wide margins and decorations for people to write and/or color. There's not any actual study material in them to review, so I wouldn't really have anything to say about them that other youtubers who focus on Bible aesthetics haven't already covered.

[@Cielo1995]

Great tip about the contact paper

[@GaiatheSage]

wow that was a really good bible review very rational and as unbiased as possible. I would love to see some good faith reviews of "oahspe" and "the urantia book" I know most people don't consider them bibles but they are just as complex and fascinating.

[@christo-chaney]

I donated my 1st Edition of the Jewish Study Bible to my synagogue library since I bought the 2nd edition. Then it ended up in the Rabbis office. Edited to add: the Jewish Study Bible 2nd edition is available on Apple Books as is the Jewish Annotated Apocrypha & the Jewish Annotated New Testament.

[@richardmiddleton1270]

JM, thanks so much for this great review. A comment on "son of man" in Daniel. You are right that it means "human one" (this is in contrast to the non-human beasts, who try to coerce dominion oppressively). In Daniel 7 you have the vision of the human one (you might say, the humane one) being given dominion and all with "serve" him. I don't think it means "worship" here, since the in the angel's interpretation of the vision the son of man is equivalent to the saints of the Most High (that is, Israel). This becomes messianic in two ways. First, Jesus is the representative of Israel. But 1 Enoch re-interprets the son of man in Daniel 7 to be the Messiah, who is exalted to the right hand of the Most High and who participates in divinity. So by NT times, son of man is a messianic title that connotes both humanity and divinity. This meaning of the term "son of man" in NT times is explained very well by the Jewish scholar Daniel Boyarin.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Great insight! Thank you, Richard!

[@hassanmirza2392]

I have Oxford Jewish Study Bible 2nd edition, with JPS translation. It is quite good. For Christian Bible understanding I rely on ESV and NRSV translations. Also, I suggest buying Oxford Classic's Quran, By Professor Haleem for an academic analysis of the Book. Oxford publishes REALLY good material.

[@vecturhoff7502]

The quran also have a critical historical method?

[@hassanmirza2392]

@@vecturhoff7502 Study Quran uses classical Islamic commentary. The historic-critic method will not work on Quran.

[@vecturhoff7502]

@@hassanmirza2392 why would not?

[@hassanmirza2392]

@@vecturhoff7502 because the time span of Quran is only 23 years, not 1400 centuries like the books of OT and NT. Uthmanic codex is well preserved, it is the most preserved document of antiquity, 2nd most preserved will be Mesoratic Text of Hebrew Bible.

[@vecturhoff7502]

@@hassanmirza2392 But in this case, this is not the only thing that you can use as a critical method, you can use the similarities and differences between the biblical text and the Quran, the extra canonical books that the Quran used as base for some of his stories etc.

[@ChristcentredNaturalgee]

I have the new edition of this bible and I think it is very good I enjoy it.

[@davidgagnon7806]

In my copy of Enoch I, "The Son Of Man" sits at the right hand of The Father and will judge the living and the dead.

[@AyamanAmusic]

Thank you! From a Jewish person🙇🏻‍♂️

[@greenbank4800]

The New JSB is my go to for in depth commentary on the Hebrew Bible and then I read other study Christian Bibles with that lens based on those who wrote and interpret these books original meaning/translation. Being honest and recognising it is and always was a Jewish scripture avoids the theological revisioning that has taken place over the last two millenia. Never forget Jesus was a Jewish man and this was His scripture. I find the depth of ethics and morality discussed in the notes refreshing.

[@robertflower17]

I do not have this bible, but I should get a copy of it. Enjoy study other people's view points!

[@LassieSgr]

No get the real thing. Learning Hebrew is the only way to read the Scripture

[@LassieSgr]

Oh dear. The Book change order was done by Rome in order to confuse the gentile to come to a different outcome.

[@LassieSgr]

There is no such thing as an English Jewish Bible or Scripture. All Scripture is in Hebrew. They can add English commentary. Scripture is only in Hebrew. The English is just somebody's opinion . Who has written the commentary? Rashi can be translated, but even that changes his meaning. Do you realize the Scripture was given or written by Israel, jews. Rome invented everything not in Tnach.

[@fernandojrapodaca]

AWSOME review as always sir. Just wondering have you heard of” one new man bible”? ( by William j mortified) This bible has almost accurate it it’s notes everything mentioned but Isaiah 53 is from a Christian perspective. This Bible might be worth your honest review.

[@DiscipleDojo]

I'm not familiar with that one.

[@charananekibalijaun8837]

Why read translations anyways?

[@velvetvideo]

I'd like to know how this compares to the Artscroll Tanakh

[@DiscipleDojo]

Artscroll doesn't have any study notes, does it?

[@velvetvideo]

Even without notes...I'd love to know your take on the range of Jewish texts like JPS, Koren, Artscroll and Messianic Jewish books like TLV, ISR, HebrewGospels and Cepher versus the protestant writings and notes/theologians, including the NET and Geneva 1560 notes. ...and also maybe even the Aramaic versions like Peshitta. Do you know if Jewish scholarship was included with the NET bible?@@DiscipleDojo

[@velvetradio]

the description says it does@@DiscipleDojo

[@velvetvideo]

yes, it does.@@DiscipleDojo

[@davidjohnson1536]

Correction: The Septuagint that you said was translated before the time of Jesus, was only of the Torah-the Pentateuch. This is attested by several ancient sources, including Jerome. The rest of the Tanakh was translated much later and edited by Christians. Very good review-you did your homework. I have this Bible: it is very beaten up yet is intact. Very well made and durable. I read through the Bible in a year and used this Bible with its notes and I learned more about the Bible in that year than I ever have since. Especially helpful with prophecy and it’s application to the northern and southern kingdoms.

[@DiscipleDojo]

No, all of the Hebrew Scriptures were translated by the first century. We see the NT authors quoting from the LXX Psalms and Prophets. I'm not sure where you're getting this from, but it is not correct.

[@MarkDiffin]

@@DiscipleDojo Yes, I think that davidjohnson made a slight mistake in that point, but the rest of what he said is true. The original septuagint, written by the 70 Jewish Sages was only on the Torah. The rest was added on later by unknown authors. This is confirmed by many sources and also by the fact that the style of the Greek is very variable from book to book.

[@LassieSgr]

Septuigent was only Torah not the T'nach. The one you would read today is not the Septuigent that was written.

[@shinobiloco-on1rg]

The word Karu doesn't exist, it has no meaning and I can prove it , but I don't want to be in a debate and many of your reviews are very good and I like to know about these topics.

[@shinobiloco-on1rg]

Rabbi Tobias singer has refuted all the supposed messianic prophecies fulfilled in Jesus.

[@DiscipleDojo]

He has rejected them. That is not the same as refuting them.

[@shinobiloco-on1rg]

@@DiscipleDojo maybe you have a diferent understanding of what is the word refuting and reject. But you can watch his debates, read he's books and his website.

[@Yaas_ok123]

Review Book of the Year: Adam Harwood's syst.theology. You like this one ! Get free copy from Lexham 😁.

[@duanestewart6274]

You should review the COMPLETE JEWISH STUDY BIBLE by David Stern. It is the true Jewish context for Christians and Jews. It's cultural context is from with Jusdaism as the Bible say "gentiles are grafted into the Commonwealth of Israel.

[@DiscipleDojo]

I have. It's on this same playlist.

[@christo-chaney]

It’s a messianic Christian Bible. Almost no Jews accept Messianics as Jews. I was a messianic in the past.

[@vecturhoff7502]

@@christo-chaney They can not accept, but this don't matter, if the Old Testament still have the Jewish view this is what is important

[@christo-chaney]

@@vecturhoff7502 I understand what you’re saying. But Jews won’t call it the Old Testament. We call it the Tanakh.

[@vecturhoff7502]

@@christo-chaney Yes, I'm talking that way because it's a "complete" Bible, so it have the OT and NT. Some people also call the first and second alliance

[@MarkDiffin]

What you say at 26 mins that ka'aru means pierced or literally dug is simply not true and is a complete fabrication by Christians. There is no such word.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Look up K-R-H in HALOT lexicon and it's literally the first definition. That's how the LXX translators, all of whom were Jewish, read it before Jesus was even born. There is no "fabrication" going on here.

[@MarkDiffin]

@@DiscipleDojo Thanks for your reply. I do not know what you mean by K-R-H or what is the HALOT lexicon. What I do know is that there is no such word with root כאר in the whole of the Jewish Scriptures. In order to get to the word for 'they dug', you need: 1. to elongate the yud - י - to look like a vav - ו (making the verb into 3rd person plural) 2. you need to remove the middle letter aleph - א 3. then you need to explain why the author would refer to piercing as digging when there are a few clear words for piercing in Scriptures. 4. Also it needs to be considered, why being crucified would be referred to as being pierced, since piercing could refer to many things. Now that is what I call fabrication of the highest order, in order to bulldoze Jesus into Scripture.

[@MarkDiffin]

@@DiscipleDojo I think I understand now what you mean by K-R-H. You mean the כרה root. Yes indeed it does mean to dig, but that is NOT the word in this verse. Here the root is כאר according to how Christians want to learn it, with the final letter 'ו' being a suffix. For this there is no such word in Scriptures. The correct understanding of the word is that the initial letter 'כ'is a prefix, meaning 'like', and the rest of the word is the noun ארי meaning a lion which appears many times in Scriptures. Also you mention that the LXX translators were all Jewish. This is not at all clear. Please bring me your source.

[@LassieSgr]

Oxford is not a Jewish publisher. It is like ordering a Xtian bible from a Hindu publisher.

[@reeferfranklin]

Trinity is also a pre-Christian concept in Judaism, the Rabbinics just started heavily denying it after the ministry of Christ to deny the validity of His ministry & attempt to call Him a blasphemer.

[@Cato1006]

You greatly err in holding the trinity doctrine, and show your absolute ignorance and rejection of the old testament revelation of who God is.

[@DiscipleDojo]

And you greatly err in constructive commenting on youtube. So we're even. ;-)

[@brendaboykin3281]

@@DiscipleDojo Very witty response, mate. You go,boi.😎

[@Cato1006]

@@DiscipleDojo You should be happy I have the courage to correct you on this, the most important truth, the very nature and being of God. The God who repeatedly revealed himself as the ONE God in the old Testament and to now somehow believe he is a 3 in 1 God is absolutely illogical and utterly absurd, and most importantly unbiblical. Basic test, (I know you are a busy man,) but for a topic of such importance, I'm sure you would take the time to help me here, and you could do it very quickly. PLEASE try and find the Trinity in the book of Acts, as a scholar such as yourself this should only take you a few minutes.... I"ll be waiting for your response.

[@Cato1006]

@@brendaboykin3281 Let's see if he is witty in his response to my humble question to defend his precious doctrine of the trinity. I am ABSOLUTELY sure if he is truly a lover of God's word, he will jump to this opportunity to correct the error of my ways.... After all, isn't this what his channel is all about knowing and getting closer to God???