David H.
Stern
David H. Stern is an Israel based Messianic Jewish
theologian.
Stern's major work is the Complete Jewish Bible, his English
translation of the Old Testament and New Testament (which
Messianics refer to by the Hebrew phrase from the book of the
prophet Jeremiah/Yirmeyahu chapter 31, "B'rit Chadashah," New
Covenant). One of the ways in which he treats the issue is to leave
most of the proper nouns in their transliterated form, and for the
New Testament to replace Greek proper nouns with transliterated
Hebrew or words. He calls this the 'cosmetic' treatment. Other
decisions include translating Greek phrases about 'the law' as
having to do with 'Torah-legalism' instead. More explanation is
found in his Messianic Jewish Manifesto.
Dr. Stern's background includes a Master of Divinity degree from
Fuller Theological Seminary, graduate work at the University of
Judaism, and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University. He
taught the first course in 'Judaism and Christianity' at Fuller
Theological Seminary and at UCLA he was a professor.
Stern lives in Jerusalem and is active in Israel's Messianic Jewish
community.