Hello

My name is Michael and I'm a software developer from Israel. I just joined the list to share with you some things I know about Hebrew translations of the NT. I did a little research during the last month, and these are the results:

There are 3 (main) versions of the NT in Hebrew:
1. Delitzsch
2. Salkinson-Ginsburg (PDF)
3. The New Translation

You can read all here: http://jer-31.com

The New Translation: very common in israel. Translated by Atzmon, and now spread (printed) by "The Bible Society in Israel". It's language is easier than Delitzsch, but  considered less reliable.

Salkinson-Ginsburg: Not in use at all, and not many even heard about it (I don't know even one believer who read that translation). As far as I know not translated by believers, so not relevant. For some reasons, it's very easy to get it online (I really don't know why).

Delitzsch: considered as the most reliable Hebrew translation. Very common, similar to KJV in English. Printed (mostly) by Keren Ahvah.
The problem is that
Delitzsch himself wrote some versions, more then 10 (!). So it's complicated to understand what is "Delitzsch" and see the differences from version to version.

Digital copies of
Delitzsch:
I have been searching around for digital copies of
Delitzsch, for use in my projects. Here is the summery:
  1. The unbound bible/SWORD (aka HebModern) is similar to the printed version of Delitzsch, but full of mistakes. As far as I know, was scanned and then they made OCR. Also missing Niqqud (the dots).
  2. Another version available here: http://www.kirjasilta.net/ha-berit/index.html or at jer-31 is a little bit different from the printed versions, even it's still Delitzsch. I used this one, but it's not 100% similar to the printed versions.
  3. One of the printed versions is available in PDF, but I couldn't take out the text only, so it's not usable.
  4. Keren Ahvah has their copy, but they don't give it for public use.
This is what I know about the new testament translations. I'll be glad to answer more questions.

And maybe,  together we can find the digital accurate
Delitzsch transltaion!


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מיכאל בר-דוד

Michael Bar-David

mich...@mail.org.il
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