New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

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Bible translation Christian Bible religious text

The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is a modern-language Bible produced and published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, notable for its use by Jehovah’s Witnesses and its distinctive renderings of key theological terms.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible translation → Christian Bible → religious text →
availableAs	mobile app → online text → printed book →
availableOnWebsite	jw.org →
controversy	criticized by some scholars for doctrinal bias →
defendedBy	Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses → surface form: "Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Governing Body"
excludes	Deuterocanonical books →
firstCompleteEditionYear	1961 →
firstHebrewScripturesCompleteYear	1960 →
firstNewTestamentEditionYear	1950 →
firstPentateuchEditionYear	1953 →
formerPublisherLocation	Brooklyn → surface form: "Brooklyn, New York"
hasAbbreviation	Northwest Territories → surface form: "NWT"
hasComponent	New Testament → Bible → surface form: "Old Testament"
hasEdition	1961 complete English edition → 1984 revised English edition → 2013 revised English edition → New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures → surface form: "New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures (1950)" New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures → surface form: "New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (1953–1960)" digital edition → large-print editions → pocket-size edition → study edition →
hasFeature	cross-references → footnotes explaining translation choices → maps and appendices in some editions → section headings →
hasLanguageEdition	Chinese → English → French → German → Italian → Japanese → Portuguese → Spanish → hundreds of languages →
language	Modern English →
notableFeature	consistent rendering of certain theological terms according to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ doctrine → distinctive renderings of key Christological texts → extensive marginal references and footnotes in some editions → frequent use of the divine name “Jehovah” in the Old Testament → use of modern, idiomatic English → use of the name “Jehovah” in many New Testament passages →
notableRendering	John 1:1 translated as “the Word was a god” → use of “torture stake” instead of “cross” for Jesus’ execution →
originalLanguageSources	Aramaic → Biblical Hebrew → Koine Greek →
primaryUsers	JehovahsWitnesses → surface form: "Jehovah’s Witnesses"
producedBy	Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania → surface form: "Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society"
publishedBy	Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania → Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York →
publisherLocation	Warwick, New York →
purpose	to provide a clear, modern-language Bible consistent with Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs →
religion	Christianity →
religiousTradition	JehovahsWitnesses → surface form: "Jehovah’s Witnesses"
targetAudience	Jehovah’s Witnesses and interested public →
translationMethod	committee translation →
translationPhilosophy	formal equivalence with some dynamic elements →
usesCanon	Protestant 66-book canon →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures → hasEdition → New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures →

this entity surface form: "New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures (1950)"

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures → hasEdition → New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures →

this entity surface form: "New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (1953–1960)"

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania → publishes → New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures →

Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York → publishes → New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures →

JehovahsWitnesses → translationUsed → New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures →

subject surface form: "Jehovah's Witnesses"