
The Inner Story of the New International Version
Reflections of an Original NIV Translator
- 110 pages
- English
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The Inner Story of the New International Version
Reflections of an Original NIV Translator
About this book
What strange event was it in 1955 in Portland, Oregon, that prompted the creation of a translation of the Bible into modern English that eclipsed the well-known and much-loved King James Version (KJV) as the most widely read copy of the Bible? And what was the unique process, involving more than a hundred scholars from a wide variety of Christian denominations, that led to the publishing of the New International Version in 1978 that has now sold over five hundred million copies? In this book you will find the fascinating testimony of one of the original NIV translators that affords an insight into the toils and triumphs of those scholars. It will give you a fresh appreciation of the estimated two hundred thousand man-hours that went into the production of this influential version of Holy Scripture.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: The Genesis and Development of the NIV
- Chapter 2: Personal Involvement in the NIV
- Chapter 3: Translation Principles of the NIV
- Chapter 4: Functioning of the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT)
- Chapter 5: Examples of the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) at Work
- Chapter 6: Evaluating the NIV
- Chapter 7: A Perennial Translation Problem
- Chapter 8: Final Observations