"The sponsors of the translation sought to restore to the biblical texts "their actual Jewish essence," which, in their view, is lost in most English translations.Specifically, the project sought to restore "the Jewish order of the books of the Old Testament," "the Jewish name of the Messiah, "Yeshua"," "reverence for the four-letter unspoken name of God," and "Hebrew transliterated terms, such as "shalom", "shofar", and "shabbat"."