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HOLY BIBLE

NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

Containing The Old Testament and The New Testament

ZONDERVAN PUBLISHING HOUSE

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

HE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION is a completely new translation of the Holy Bible made by over a hundred scholars working directly from the best available Hebrew. Aramaic and Greek texts. It had its beginning in 1965 when, after several years of exploratory study by committees from the Christian Reformed Church and the National Association of Evangelicals, a group of scholars met at Palos Heights, Illinois, and concurred in the need for a new translation of the Bible in contemporary English. This group, though not made up of official church representatives, was transdenominational. Its conclusion was endorsed by a large number of leaders from many denominations who met in Chicago in 1966.

Responsibility for the new version was delegated by the Palos Heights group to a self- governing body of fifteen, the Committee on Bible Translation, composed for the most part of biblical scholars from colleges, universities and seminaries. In 1967 the New York Bible Society (now the International Bible Society) generously undertook the financial sponsorship of the project-a sponsorship that made it possible to enlist the help of many distinguished scholars. The fact that participants from the United States. Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand worked together gave the project its international scope. That they were from many denominations-including Anglican. Assemblies of God. Baptist, Brethren. Christian Reformed. Church of Christ, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Mennonite. Methodist. Nazarene. Presbyterian, Wesleyan and other churches-helped to safeguard the translation from sectarian bias.