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The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released at a Jehovah's Witness convention at Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 2, 1950. [34] [35] The translation of the Old Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses refer to as the Hebrew Scriptures, was released in five
The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures is an interlinear translation of the New Testament, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. and translated by the New World Bible Translation Committee. [1] [2] The first edition was released at an international convention of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1969. [3]
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT), a translation of the Bible published in whole or part in over 130 languages. [7] This is the Bible translation primarily used by Jehovah's Witnesses. Awake!, published in over 100 languages once per year, a general-interest annual magazine covering many topics from a religious perspective.
A notable characteristic of this translation was the use of God's name, which Byington translated Jehovah in the Old Testament. Byington states in his preface: “The spelling and the pronunciation are not highly important. What is highly important is to keep it clear that this is a personal name.
This is the version of the Jehovah's Witnesses bible published by the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society: Jehovah's Witnesses: The Orthodox Jewish Bible: OJB Modern English 2002 Messianic Judaism: The Orthodox Study Bible: OSB Modern English 2008 Septuagint by St. Athanasius Academy for the Old Testament and the New King James Version for the ...
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the entire Bible, including both the Old Testament and the New Testament, is inspired of God and important for the Christian faith.(2 Timothy 3:16,17) Witnesses generally use a translation of the Bible that they developed in the mid-twentieth century, known as the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT).
The Watchtower is overseen by the Writing Committee of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. [9] [10] The Watchtower is the official means of sharing Jehovah's Witness beliefs, [11] and includes articles relating to biblical prophecies, Christian conduct and morals, and the history of religion and the Bible.
Jehovah's Witnesses are a religious organisation that grew out of the Bible Student movement founded by Charles Taze Russell in the nineteenth century. [3] Jehovah's Witnesses are considered to be a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination. [7] In 2024, the organisation reported a membership of more than 9 million ...