New International Version
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| New International Version | |
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| Image:NIV cover.jpg | |
| Full name: | New International Version |
| Abbreviation: | NIV |
| Complete Bible published: | 1978 |
| Genesis 1:1-3 | |
| In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. | |
| John 3:16 | |
| For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. | |
The New International Version (NIV) is an English translation of the Christian Bible which is the most popular of the modern translations of the Bible made in the twentieth century, and is exclusively published by Zondervan.
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[edit] Translation
Work on the NIV began in 1965, sponsored by the New York Bible Society, which is today the Colorado Springs-based International Bible Society. The New Testament was set forth in 1973, the Old Testament and full NIV Bible in 1978, and a modified edition in 1984.
The translation took more than ten years and involved 100 scholars from the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The range of theologians includes over 20 different denominations such as Baptists, Evangelicals, Methodists, Lutherans, Anglicans, and many more.
[edit] Circulation
The translation has become the most popular modern English translation of the Bible, having sold more than 215 million copies worldwide. It is especially popular among American Evangelicals, though many Fundamentalists strongly oppose it and some claim it to be a heretical counterfeit; see King-James-Only Movement. It is considered by many Christians a good, modern supplement to more historic bible translations like the King James Version, or even as more accurate (since it draws from a wider range of source texts including the Dead Sea Scrolls).
[edit] External links
- NIV Official Website
- Zondervan Bible Search Website
- NIV online at BibleGateway
- NIV online at BibleServer
- Barker, Kenneth L. (ed.). The NIV The Making of a Contemporary Translation. International Bible Society, 1991. (available online)
- Zondervan - a common Bible publisher
- The NIV Report(an exhausting report by a King James Version Only proponent)
[edit] See also
- Today's New International Version
- New International Reader's Version
- New International Version Inclusive Language Edition (NIVI)de:New International Version
es:Nueva Versión Internacional ja:新国際版聖書 pt:Nova Versão Internacional sv:New International Version
