Sacred Name New Testament

An early major English Bible of the Sacred Name movement, this edition comprises the complete Bible and is best classified as a revision or adaptation rather than a fresh translation. Its base text is the King James Version, revised throughout with sacred-name substitutions, so that the KJV serves as both predecessor and base translation. The source languages are accordingly given as English, with Hebrew and Greek consulted for reference. Its translation philosophy is KJV-centered, with the divine names restored and transliterated, and this restoration and transliteration of Hebrew names — rather than an entirely new linguistic rendering — constitutes its defining feature. Such editions arose among groups holding that the personal names of God and of the Messiah should appear in forms closer to their Hebrew originals instead of the conventional titles used in most English versions, and it stands among the formative works of that tradition.