These Bibles emphasize the Hebrew Roots of our faith. As such they're similar to all Messianic and some Sacred Name Bibles. They're different from Messianic Bibles in that they're produced or primarily used outside the Messianic Jewish world and different from Sacred Name Bibles by how they use normal Hebrew pronunciations and don't contain toxic teachings. Along with the Messianic Bibles page, these are the Bibles we recommend as being safe for Hebrew Roots believers.

Based on the same literal ASV translation as the NASB and ESV but with a simpler vocabulary and sentence structure. Some Hebrew names and keywords but not too many. Has the name of God in Hebrew but is respectful towards Judaism. Looks and feels like a real Bible. The NJV takes first place in our recommendations for both Messianic and Hebrew Roots Bibles!

The One New Man Bible 'Reveals Jewish Roots and Power' in several ways - for instance by saying "Torah (Teaching)" instead of "Law" and "Y'shua" for Jesus. Over 4,000 footnotes explain Jewish customs and multifaceted Hebrew words, as does the 170-page Glossary. Recognizing that "Hebrew is a very expressive language", the translation attempts to capture its direct energy as can be felt in the words to Abram ("Get yourself out of here!"), Pharaoh ("Send My people away!") and Israel ("The Lord will bless you...") Also emphasized is "the power given to believers for their daily walk" which may explain this Bible's popularity in Charismatic circles. Notably, Rabbi Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (the grandson of his namesake) saw the value in this project and contributed. We too commend this Bible's goal to bring Jewish and non-Jewish people together into One New Man by helping the Church understand its roots and recognize that Jesus is as Jewish today as he was then.

The highly literal New American Standard text with Hebrew names including YHVH and Yeshua. A second column features the original Masoretic text of the Tanach and a modern Hebrew translation of the New Testament. Illustrated with hundreds of colourful pictures, some of them full page. See the Bible Society in Israel and Amazon customer reviews for sample pages with illustrations from the Jerusalem Illustrated Family Bible. Review forthcoming.

Mechanical means individual words are always translated with the same English words and in the same order as in the original. The intent is to understand the pure underlying text without the translator's interpretations and also to more easily learn the language. Alongside the technical translation is a streamlined reader's version, see sample. Also included: Introductions discussing the translator's background/methodology and the mechanics/history of Hebrew; 1,000+ footnotes on grammar, idioms, and alternate meanings; Concordance to help you find specific words; and a Lexicon listing words according to their verbal roots with concrete/abstract definitions and insights from the original pictographic paleo-Hebrew alphabet. This Bible puts the "Hebrew" in "Hebrew Roots"!

Mechanical: in~SUMMIT (בְּרֵאשִׁית / bê'rey'shit)[1] he~did~SHAPE(V) (בָּרָא / ba'ra) Elohiym (אֱלֹהִים / e'lo'him) AT (אֵת / eyt) the~SKY~s2 (הַשָּׁמַיִם / ha'sha'ma'yim) and~AT (וְאֵת / wê'eyt) the~LAND (הָאָרֶץ / ha'a'rets)   Reader's: In the summit Elohiym shaped the skies and the land,...