Joseph Greenberg
Translation Principle 10: Clarifying Names of People Groups
Next up in our walk through the Key Principles of the Tree of Life Version is Principle Number 10: Clearing up confusion about the...
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Joseph Greenberg
Dec 5, 20182 min read
ADONAI Echad – The Lord is One
Most often the Shema is understood as a declaration of monotheism, because the word “echad” usually means “one.” In the light of...
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Joseph Greenberg
Nov 28, 20184 min read
When Translation becomes Over-Interpretation
Sir, Master, or LORD? An example would be the woman at the well in John 4:11. (All of the verses I will be using in this article will be...
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Joseph Greenberg
Nov 28, 20183 min read
Ezekiel’s Dry Bones – Life Again
In our previous Article (click here to read) with Ezekiel 37, the famous “Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones”, we saw God take the prophet...
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Joseph Greenberg
Nov 21, 20183 min read
Ezekiel’s Dry Bones
The Vision The opening of chapter 37’s message appeared to be more of the same: “The hand of ADONAI was upon me. The Ruach ADONAI carried...
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Joseph Greenberg
Nov 14, 20182 min read
Translation Principle 9: Clearing up Misunderstandings of Church and Synagogue
In our westernized thinking, when we see the word “Church”, we automatically assume that its referring to an actual building – one...
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Joseph Greenberg
Nov 7, 20183 min read
Biblical Holiness
“Kedoshim you shall be, for I [ADONAI your God] am kadosh.” (1 Peter 1:16, Lev. 19:2). On the surface this command to be holy because...
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Joseph Greenberg
Oct 31, 20182 min read
Love With All Your Heart
For a helpful insight into this important subject, it is helpful to look at the “V’ahavta”, the passage found in D’varim, or Deuteronomy,...
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Joseph Greenberg
Oct 24, 20182 min read
Translation Principle 8: Identifying the Nations
Having noted what we’ll do with Jews in previous principles, I’ll now turn to the matter of non-Jews in biblical literature. Though some...
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Joseph Greenberg
Oct 10, 20182 min read
Is there such a thing as a pure translation?
Those who render translations should make no claim to inerrancy, or its being a “pure translation,” save the fact that the hearts of...
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Joseph Greenberg
Oct 3, 20182 min read
Psalm 121: SomeONE to Watch Over Us
“Essa eynay el-heharim meayin yavo ezri,”; “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains- from where does my help come?”. In the Scriptures,...
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Joseph Greenberg
Sep 26, 20182 min read
Restoring Select Hebrew Names
Millions of people have come to know these names: Mary and Joseph, James and Jude. These are the known members of Yeshua’s own family....
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Joseph Greenberg
Sep 18, 20182 min read
Psalm 16: Finding Shelter in God’s Plan
The next 2 verses continue in this vein: “Amart’ l’ADONAI, ADONAI Attah tovati bal-aleka”; “I said ADONAI, You are my Lord- I have no...
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Joseph Greenberg
Aug 29, 20183 min read
Psalm 110: Anticipating our King Messiah
David begins: “ADONAI (the Tetragammata representing the ineffable Divine Name) said to ADONAI (my Lord), ‘shev yimini ad ashit...
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Joseph Greenberg
Aug 22, 20182 min read
<i>ADONAI Ori</i> – The Lord my Light
“ADONAI is my light and my salvation: whom should I fear? ADONAI is the stronghold of my life: whom should I dread?” Ps. 27:1 These...
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Joseph Greenberg
Aug 15, 20182 min read
Italicizing Transliterated Words
We opted to transliterate rather than translate, sometimes. Translation speaks of rendering a word’s meaning into another language....
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Joseph Greenberg
Aug 8, 20184 min read
Psalm 2: Beware O King!
Verse 1 begins: “Lammah ragshu goyyim ulummim yehgu riq?” “Why are the nations in an uproar, and the peoples mutter vanity?” “Ragshu” is...
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Joseph Greenberg
Aug 1, 20182 min read
Hebrew Terminology
We don’t want to overdo it, but we did want to include select terms in the translation used beyond the pale of standard English...
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Joseph Greenberg
Jul 25, 20183 min read
The Shabbat of Consolation
Tisha B’Av is a day marked by sorrow on which many of the most tragic events in Jewish history have occurred, including the destruction...
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Joseph Greenberg
Jun 18, 20183 min read
<z class="small-caps">Adonai</z> Shalom – The <z class="small-caps">Lord</z> of Peace
The name ADONAI-Shalom is revealed to Israel when Gideon is judge. This is many, many years after God has revealed Himself as...
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