Jerusalem Bible Jerusalem Bible The Jerusalem Bible ("JB" or "TJB") is an English translation of the Bible published in 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd. As a Catholic Bible, it includes the traditional 73 books found in most English translations until the mid 19th century: the 39 books shared with the Hebrew Bible, along with the seven deuterocanonical books as the Old Testament, and the 27 books shared by all Christians as the New Testament. It also contains copious footnotes and introductions. The "Jerusalem Bible" is the basis of the lectionary for mass used in Catholic worship throughout England, Wales, and the
Names and titles of God in the New Testament at . It is represented in Greek as "Ἁλληλουιά" wherein "ιά" (Hebrew יה) is an abbreviated form of the tetragrammaton. Most English Bibles, including those which contain "Yahweh" (such as the Jerusalem Bible) or a related form in the Old Testament, do not use the same form in the New Testament because it does not appear in the available Greek New Testament manuscripts. However, of over English translations of the Bible have been written, 23 use the forms "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" in the New Testament. Sacred Name Bibles are editions of the Bible that "consistently use Hebraic forms of God's