"The work also incorporates Hebrew and Yiddish expressions that Stern refers to as "Jewish English", such as "matzah" for "unleavened bread" and "mikveh" for "ritual immersion pool".The Tree of Life Version (abbreviated as "TLV"), first published in 2011, is a Messianic Jewish translation of the Hebrew Bible (or TA-NA-KH) and the New Testament (or New Covenant) sponsored by the Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society and The King's University.