The New International Version of the Bible is a translation 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 expoloatory study by committees from the Christian Reformed Church and the national Association of Evangelicals, a group of scholars met at Palos Hts., 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.
