I love CJB because it gives me a better understanding of GOD's Word. The words seem to leap from the pages and ministers to me better than other Bibles (KJV, NKJV, NIV etc). I shared some scriptures with a friend during a Bible Study and she was so blessed by them. She went home and read and meditated on them more, but she commented that her Bible didn't read like the CJB, so now she wants one. Thanks Dr. Stern for enlightening me the more. I highly recommend this Bible.
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To the person who asked how there could be a Jewish new testament. This is my reply: what would you call a book written to Jews, by Jews (save one), about a Jew, a rabbi of that era (and in my opinion - the greatest rabbi who ever lived)? This is a Jewish book. It is shameful that we don't generally see that today.
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This bible translation most certainly is controversial. Rabbinic Jews would find it to be nothing more than a thinly-veiled attempt to proselytize them; however, Messianic Jews would accept this book as the cornerstone of their faith.
Without saying which opinion has more validation, this translation is very well-written and accessible to all readers. All Jews and gentiles alike should read this book with an open mind, and draw their own conclusions.
-Whitney L.
Louisville, KY
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One my favourite Bible translation I recommend this Bible to every Christian to have copy of this one of the brilliant masterpiece.
-Maria
Boston
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Before obtaining this Bible, I still almost exclusively used the KJV for my personal Bible study, though I often used other versions in teaching (I teach an adult Bible Study class at my church). The reason for favoring the KJV was simply that other, newer versions are often guilty of simplifying the text, and NOT just the grammar. Many parts of Biblical text are NOT simple, and should not be treated as such. However, the GRAMMAR may be simplified and modernized greatly. This Bible achieves both--modernization of the language (no thees thous or shalts), but retains the textual import of difficult passages. Now, I use the CJB almost exclusively in both my personal Bible Study and in my mid-week class. Several of my students and family have purchased the Bible after being introduced to it by myself.
The bottom line is simply this: the CJB makes the Bible come alive in a new way. It makes the characters feel real, personal, alive. With its retention of Hebrew concepts in the New Testament, it shows us what a great disservice we lent ourselves when we divorced Christianity from Judaism.
-A. Smithson
New York
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