A Divine Command “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 ADONAI is holy seems a simple command, but it is actually counter intuitive and
Love With All Your Heart
Love is a popular topic for discussion these days. Our culture, particularly the religious culture, talks about it all the time. Generally, the mainstream sees love as acceptance of everyone and his quirks, even if those quirks and lifestyles run
Translation Principle 8: Identifying the Nations
Welcome back to our series on the 16 guiding translation principles of the Tree of Life Version. As we keep learning, we reach our eighth principle: Identifying the Nations. When approaching this translation effort, it became evident that we needed
Is there such a thing as a pure translation?
Let me begin by affirming that yours is a great desire (i.e., to want the “pure Word of God”) and that you follow up on that desire with a very good question (i.e., that you want to know if there’s
Psalm 121: SomeONE to Watch Over Us
Psalm 121 is a stirring declaration of trust and dependence on ADONAI. It is another “shir hamaalot”, a “song of ascent”, intended to be recited or sung as the processional of worshipers ascended the slopes of Mount Moriah to worship
Translation Principle 7:
Restoring Select Hebrew Names
Getting back to our study of the TLV Translation Key Principles, we come to principal number seven: Restoring a few key names in the biblical text to a more Hebraic expression to add clarity and reconnect Messiah to His Jewish