Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
BIBLE TRANSLATION
Digests of resolutions adopted by the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
between 1889 and 1974
1. The Central Conference of American Rabbis recommends a new version of the
Holy
Scriptures in modern English that will make use of the findings of philology,
archaeology,
and other departments of knowledge to approach more closely to the Hebrew
text. (1951, p. 200)
Our people have long felt the need of a translation in a simpler and more
comprehensive
idiom. The Jewish Publication Society has, therefore, undertaken a new
translation,
designed to incorporate the findings of recent scholarship, in the language of
the
present century.
2. The Central Conference of American Rabbis, which cooperated in the earlier
translation,
expresses its deep interest in the new venture, and calls upon its members to
assist
the Jewish Publication Society in enlisting support for this project. (1956,
p. 138)