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Biblica (formerly the International Bible Society) has just announced that the 1984 NIV Bible will be updated in terms of both language and scholarship as the "NIV 2011."

From the press release:

The global board of Biblica today announced its intention to update the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, the first time it has been revised since 1984. The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT), the independent body of global biblical scholars solely responsible for the translation of the world’s most popular Bible, is slated to finish its revision late next year, with publication in 2011. The announcement was made at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Ill., the site of the historic first meeting of the CBT in 1965.

I watched the announcement this morning live via webcast. Presentations were made by Keith Danby, CEO-Biblica (former IBS-STL Global); Professor Doug Moo, Committee on Bible Translation and Moe Girkins, President and CEO, Zondervan.

Above: Douglas Moo speaking about the new NIV 2011

During the Q&A, Moe Girkins announced that the TNIV would be discontinued and there would be no more TNIV products released. More specifically, she stated that after the release of the 2011 NIV, no new 1984 NIV will be published either. To be clear, in the longterm, Zondervan plans to eventually discontinue publishing both the 1984 NIV and the 2005 TNIV, but how long of a transition between the current NIV and TNIV remains to be seen.

Also during the Q&A, Girkins confirmed that the 2011 NIV will simply be called the "NIV."

The second question responded to during the Q&A was submitted by myself. I wanted to know the relationship of the TNIV to the new 2011 NIV as I had understood that the TNIV was the update to the NIV. Doug Moo fielded the question. The relationships between the NIV and the TNIV aren't exactly clear currently as the entire 2011 NIV Bible is under revew.

For more infomation, see the NIV Bible 2011 website.