who wrote the niv bible?

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my pastor told me it was wrote by a gay woman and by the way i am baptist and read the kjv

Answer 1

Your pastor told you a lie? Shame on him. I always used the KJV too, but I recently bought Zondervan's Comparative Bible, with four versions in one (NASB, KJV, Amplified, and NIV). I like to really make sure that what I'm reading not only makes sense to me, but is accurate.

Here is info from wiki, but most NIV Bibles will have a preface that says who translated it, why they did it, and when they did it.
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.

From IBS:
More than 100 scholars from six English-speaking countries, as well as editors and English stylists, worked on the NIV. The scholars represented more than 20 denominations.

In the 17th century, King James translators worked from the Erasmus Greek text of the New Testament. Erasmus had six Greek manuscripts from which to work. NIV translators work from more than 5,000 complete or partial manuscripts and papyri.

It took 10 years to complete the NIV translation. The process started in 1968 and finished in 1978. This does not include more than 10 years of planning before 1968.

The system for editing each book is one of the distinctive features of the NIV. The procedure was as follows:

Initial Translation Team
Intermediate Editorial Committee
General Editorial Committee
Stylist and Critics
Executive Committee (or Committee on Bible Translation)
Final Stylistic Review
Executive Committee's Final Reading
The NIV was created and is maintained with the mandate to accurately and faithfully translate the original Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic biblical texts into clearly understandable English.

The NIV is the most widely accepted contemporary Bible translation today. More people today buy the NIV Bible than any other English-language translation.

Answer 2

Who Wrote The Niv Bible

Answer 3

Why not buy a NIV Bible and look at the names of the committee members who participated in the translation and examine their academic credentials?

The KJV is a 17th century translation. Our knowledge of the languages, and the availability of manuscripts, has improved immensely since then. Also its language is archaic and difficult to understand for anyone who's not a Shakespeare scholar. Simply put, it is a great piece of English prose, but it's very far from the most faithful translation out there.

Now the NIV is not so great either, in my estimation. The plain fact is that if you really want to get anywhere, you need a shelf-full of translations. All around, the best and most accurate is the Revised Standard. I am partial to the Jerusalem Bible and the Revised English Bible as well. On the conservative evangelical end of things, try the New American Standard.

Answer 4

I am sorry, but your pastor is misinformed...the NIV, just like the KJV, is simply a translation of the orginal author...God. There is no author to translations of the Bible, because all translations come back to God's word just spoken in a different tone so it can grasp the attention of many. Not everyone understands the KJV english used, so the NIV, like the ASV, the Amplified Bible, Christian Holman Version, NKJV, The Message and many others are used. As long as the translation lines up the the message God orginally stated (and you can reference every translation until you are blue in the face, the ones out there today match eachother as far as the message...not nessecarily the words used). Please filter everything you hear, even from your Pastor, through a brain cell and do research on your own to find out the truth. A man does not have all the answers, and it is very angering to me when someone looks to their Pastor as having all the answers. A Pastor will 1) never demean anything that is Godly and 2) never make like he/she knows all the answers. If he/she does, I encourage you to find it in your heart the truth...and ask, "God, do I believe you over my Pastor; or am I fooling myself in thinking I do?" It is a good gut check.

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The Bible has many humans who did the actual writing, although the author is God Himself through the Holy Spirit. These include Moses, David, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and many others. As for who translated the Bible into English, including the New International Version, it was a group of scholars who checked and double checked and triple checked... their translations. So, no, he isn't "a Jewish".

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who wrote the niv bible?
my pastor told me it was wrote by a gay woman and by the way i am baptist and read the kjv

Answer 7

The NIV was not written by nor translated by any one person. It was a group of people that went back to the Hebrew and Greek and translated it as a group. It was published by Zondervan. The address below will help you.

Answer 8

Niv leaves out and omits a lot of things .I use kjv. Cross reference all things with kjv. Kjv is 5th grade reading level so it s easy to read with prayer.

Answer 9

The NIV was translated and written by a counsel of scholars and theologians from the original languages. The NIV is far superior to the KJV because it is written in language people can better understand.

Answer 10

Well, King James commissioned the King James Bible and there is evidence that he himself had a large number of same gender sexual encounters.... so... thats kind of funny that your pastor is naming a Lesbian in conjunction with the NIV! I wouldn't be a bit surprized if there was at least one gay or lesbian in the long list of translators for the NIV... we are EVERYWHERE!