New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), “Appendix C4: Translations and Reference Works Supporting the Use of the Divine Name in the “New Testament””
“J [1] בשורת מתי, Euangelium Hebraicum Matthæi (Gospel of Matthew, in Hebrew), edited by Jean du Tillet, with a Latin translation by Jean Mercier, Paris, 1555. The translation into Hebrew uses יהוה or an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton in the main text of some verses. … J [2] Even Bohan (אבן בוחן, “Tested Stone; Touchstone”), by Shem-Tob ben Isaac Ibn Shaprut, Spain, c. 1385.”
The 'J' references cited in the New World Translation's footnotes are, on the organisation's own account, translations into Hebrew and other languages, together with reference works. The earliest, J2, is a fourteenth-century polemical work; the others run from 1555 to 2012.
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Note sur la fiabilité. Appendix C4 opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026 and the entries for J [1] to J [22] and several later entries read directly; the dates quoted were read from those entries. I did not read every one of the several hundred entries in the list. Independent audit, 19 September 2026: the quotation previously gave J2 before J1, joined by an ellipsis, and wrote the labels as ‘J1’ and ‘J2’ where the appendix prints ‘J [1]’ and ‘J [2]’. Both corrected.
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Notes. The key point for readers is simply what the list is: translations, not Greek manuscripts. The organisation says this itself.
Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-nwtv-nwtsty-c4-j-refs