Background
Traina was born in Sicily, into a Catholic family.
Traina was born in Sicily, into a Catholic family.
They later moved to New York City, where he left home at the age of 13, ending up in Buffalo. He later worked for Aimee Semple McPherson. His Biblical studies resulted in his translating the The Sacred Name New Testament (1950), with C. O. Dodd, the first example of a sacred name Bible.
He went on to translate the Hebrew and Aramaic scriptures also, in The Holy Name Bible containing the Holy Name Version of the Old and New Testaments (1963).
A fifth edition was published in 1989 by the Scripture Research Association, based in New Jersey. He also wrote many pamphlets and articles, many of which were published in the magazine The Faith.