God's Word in Our Language: The Story of the New International Version

By Richard Kevin Barnard

God's Word in Our Language: The Story of the New International Version This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310514517
• ISBN13: 9780310514510
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

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The Story of the New International Version

Howard Long was angry! When he tried to tell a business associate about Jesus, his friend only laughed. For him, the language of the Bible was archaic and confusing. "If we don't have a satisfactory version," he asked, "why don't we get one? The people who believe the Bible is true should get together and make a translation of the Bible for our times and our people." His vision grew to become the best-selling contemporary English translation of the Bible. That vision stretched across twenty years and brought together over one hundred scholars from around the world. God's Word in Our Language reveals how one man's idea became the Holy Bible: New International Version. God's Word in Our Language asks- and answers - your questions about the NIV: Why was a new translation needed? Who were the translators? What problems did they face and overcome? How did they produce the NIV, and what makes it different from other versions? God's Word in Our Laaanguage tells the story from vision to reality, often in the words of the translators themselves. --from book's back cover