The Balance of the NIV: What Makes a Good Translation

by Kenneth L. Barker

Since 1986 the NIV has been the best-selling English version of the Bible. One out of every three new Bibles sold today is an NIV and there are over 120 million copies of NIV Bibles and New Testaments in print. What makes this translation so popular? The answer, according to Kenneth Barker, is balance.In this book, the author sets out to show that the NIV is the most balanced translation today. Barker, also author of The Accuracy of the NIV and The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080106239X
• ISBN13: 9780801062391
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher