New International Version
Lecture 27
•	New Testament 1974
•	Entire Bible 1978
Its History
•	It arose because of dissatisfaction of ________________with the other translations.
•	In 1965 a Committee on Bible Translation (________scholars from many denominations) met to consider making a new modern-speech translation.
History
•	It was backed by the Christian ________________Church and the National Association of Evangelicals,
•	The project began in ____________but gained impetus when the New York International Bible Society determined to sponsor it financially.
Dr. Edwin H. Parker
•	Was the executive secretary until his death in________; then Kenneth_____________, secretary for the Committee for Bible Translation of the New York International Bible Society, assumed leadership.
The Title:
•	The Holy Bible: New International Version.
•	This was appropriate because it was produced by more than ________evangelical translators from many English speaking countries: including America, Canada, ______________, Australia, and New Zealand.
The British Version
•	Appeared in ___________with few changes in vocabulary (except for British spellings and punctuation)
•	Isaiah and Daniel were published in __________in order to obtain the reaction of the general public.
•	Proverbs and Ecclesiastes came out in____________.
By October_________, 1978
•	Over ______________________ advance copies had been sold.
Theological and Denominational Biases
•	Are rather small in this version as a result of the ________various denominations that worked on the translation.
•	Anglican, Assemblies of God, ___________, Brethren, Christian Reformed, Church of Christ, Episcopalian, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodists, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan Methodist worked on the project.
Distinguished Scholars on the Team:
•	Gleason L._______________– Trinity International University
•	Ralph Earle – Nazarene Theological Seminary
•	Roland K. Harris – University of Toronto
•	Walter C. Kaiser – Gordon Conwell
•	Richard N. Longenecker – MacMaster’s Divinity School
•	Leon_______________– Calvin Theological Seminary
The Policies of the Translators:
•	_______________teams of translators were used along with two consultants and and English stylist on each team.
•	The initial translating team submitted its work to the intermediate editorial team performed some additional work and then passed it on to the ________________editing team of critics form all walks of life.
The __________Member Executive Committee

•	Reviewed and revised the text before a ___________reading by literary specialists fine tuned the English text.
_______________and Specht indicate
•	“At each stage of the process there has been a careful wrestling of various minds with the sacred text and an honest attempt to say in simple, clear English what the Bible writers express in the originals. It is difficult to conceive a plan that could have better checks and balances than the one used. Along with this, attention has been given to the literary quality of English and an attempt has been made to achieve a version worthy of memorization.”
The NIV Translators
•	Tried to bridge the __________between word-for-word and dynamic-equivalence translations.
•	They sought ____________and clarity, but also a degree of conformity.
The NIV Preface Summarizes the principles used:
•	The first concern of the translation has been accuracy of the translation and its fidelity to the thought of the biblical writers.  The have weighed the significance of the ____________and grammatical details of the Hebrew, _____________, and Greek texts. As the same time, they have striven for more than a word-for-word translation.
NIV Preface continued
•	Because thought patterns and _____________differ from language to language, faithful communication of the meaning of the writers of the Bible demands frequent modifications in sentence structure and constant regard for the contextual ____________of words.
The Attempt Illustrated:
•	They translators wanted a middle of the road translation. So they render words quite_________________, but do not make them totally one English word for each ___________or Hebrew word.
For Example:
•	The traditional idea of God ______________in translated as “relenting” Jer 18:8; 26:3, 13, 19; Amos 7:3, 6; Joel 2:13. “turn back” in Jer 4:28; “change his mind” in 1 Sam 15:29; … but never as “_____________________”
Poetic Structure and Parallelisms

•	Are noted in the NIV
•	 and the _______________
•	of the original poetry 
•	are approximated. 
The Translation Goal
•	Was to have a ____________and high literary production that was suitable for reading in public worship and in private study, and memorization.
•	So the language was to be both ________________and simple.
Some Translation Examples:
•	It uses some ________________
•	while others do not and yet is _____________in some areas where other translations have not been: 1 Samuel 25:22
NIV and Hebrew Idioms
•	 have been removed, for instance, “and it came to___________” is omitted in Luke 2:1
•	Gen 27:38; 29:11 “to lift up the voice and_____________” becomes “to weep aloud”
The NIV
•	keeps ___________________language (Deut 11:12 – Surely the arm of the Lord is not so short to save…”
Archaic 2nd Person Pronouns
•	Do not appear in the NIV
•	They give two reasons: 
•	1. __________________English does not use them and
•	2. The _________________Greek and Hebrew languages did not use special forms of “you” when addressing God.
The Tetragrammaton
•	Is retained as standard practice of rendering “LORD” for_____________.
•	And “________________YHWH is “Sovereign LORD”
Passages are Divided into Paragraphs
•	By thought units with titles printed in ____________print
•	Thought interrupting the main flow of the passage are indicated in parentheses (Gen 23:2; 2 Sam 4:4; 9:10; 11:4; Rev 20:5)
Half-_________________
•	Show words that are added for smoother English _____________and translation that are not in the original text.
•	Although their usage is___________________.
Footnotes in the NIV
•	It has more than 3,______________ footnotes indicating textual variants, explanations, parallel passages and____________________, and other helpful notes.
Nouns indicating Deity or Messiah
•	Are capitalized:
•	___________________– Gen 48:15
•	Anointed One – Psa 2:2
•	Branch – Isa 11:1
Capitalization
•	Some scholars comment that there are too _________while others see that the NIV has not overdone this.
The OT 
•	The preface of the NIV states that the OT translation was based on the latest ____________of the Biblica Hebraica and at times followed the readings of other versions and the _________________mss.
The NT
•	The preface of the NIV says that it is based on an ______________text and that the translators selected the text of the Greek NT that was best.
•	For the most part it was the Nestle-_____________ and the United Bible _______________Greek texts.
The NT Text
•	Versions are footnoted to the effect of leaving out some materials.
Evaluations of the NIV
•	1. The NIV is inconsistent in its terminology of___________, time, measures, and distances.
•	Talents – Mt 18:24; 25:14-30 we find “denarius” “mina” and yet in John 12: 5 the perfume is said to be “a year’s wage” with a footnote that a year’s wage is worth about 300 denarii.
__________Keeping
•	Is done in Roman time keeping in Mt 27:45 – the ___________hour until the 9th hour without a footnote to show current equivalence.
•	Yet in Acts 10:3 modern time references are given as _____o’clock in the afternoon
More Evaluations
•	Kubo and Sprecht speak highly of the NIV
•	:It is a monument of Christian scholarship at its best. It does not have the color or striking characteristics of the ______________or NEB, but it is dependable and straightforward.
•	It is more modern than the RSV, less free than the__________, and more literary than the GNB.
It’s Reception
•	The CBA Marketplace reports that it was the top-selling Bible version of___________. Bratcher, best known for his work on the GNB, states:
•	“The ____________bids fair to establish itself as the Bible for evangelicals. Its reception has been nothing short of spectacular. . .and it seems reasonable to assume that in time this translation will replace the KJV in private and church usage among evangelical conservatives.