The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT)
 Dr.
Ronald Youngblood
became an NIV translator in 1970 and a member
of the CBT 10 years later. His translation experience
during the past 30 years has included extensive work
on all parts of the NIV as well as more limited
tasks related to the recently launched Spanish and
Portuguese NVIs. He is also the executive editor
of the NIrV, the simplified Bible so popular
with children as well as with people for whom English
is a second language. As an associate editor of the NIV
Study Bible, Youngblood has been contacted by countless
readers who have been helped and blessed by its text
and notes.
On July 31, 2001, he retired from his position as
professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Bethel Theological
Seminary in San Diego, California, after teaching full-time
for 40 years.
 Dr.
Kenneth Barker is an author and speaker living
in Lewisville, Texas. Until his retirement from IBS
in 1996, he was Executive Director of IBS' NIV Translation
Center. He is one of the original translators of
the NIV and a regular spokesperson for the
CBT. He holds a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary
and a PhD from the Dropsie College for Hebrew and
Cognate Learning. He has served as Academic Dean
of Capital Bible Seminary, Professor of Old Testament
at three theological seminaries, and Visiting Professor
at two others. He also is an author of commentaries
on the books of Micah and Zechariah.
Dr. Barker has given talks all over the U.S. and abroad
about the translation process of the NIV, and
much of his time is spent writing, editing, preaching
and teaching. He also worked on the NIrV, three
books about the NIV, and the tenth-anniversary
edition of The NIV Study Bible as its general
editor.
[Note: Two of Dr. Kenneth Barker's books are
available for reading online - "Accuracy
Defined & Illustrated" and "The
NIV: The Making of a Contemporary Translation". Chapter
5 of "The Balance of the NIV is also
available.]
 Professor John H. Stek is a retired Professor
of Old Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he continues to teach
part-time. He holds a BD degree from Calvin Theological
Seminary and a ThM from Westminster Theological Seminary
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he attended the Divinity
School of the University of Chicago and received a
Doctoradus degree from the Free University of Amsterdam.
He was one of the translators of the NIV. Professor
Stek currently serves as Chairman of the CBT.
 Dr. Donald H. Madvig is a retired minister
and Professor of Biblical Studies at Bethel Theological
Seminary. He holds a PhD from Brandeis University.
Dr. Madvig currently serves as Vice Chairman of the
CBT.
Dr. Richard T. France worked in the 1970s as
a lecturer in religious studies at the University of
Ife in Nigeria. From 1981 to 1988 he taught at London
Bible College in New Testament studies and from 1989
to 1995 he was Principal of Wycliffe Hall at Oxford
University. He was a parish minister in England and
Wales from 1995 until his retirement in 1999. He has
served for two periods on the CBT, from 1990 to 1995
and from 1999 to the present. Currently, he leads the
UK delegation and is involved in Anglicizing the text
to make it appropriate for readers in the UK and the
British Commonwealth.
 Dr. Gordon Fee is Professor of New Testament
at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He
received a PhD in New Testament studies from the University
of California. He has taught at Wheaton College and
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
 Dr. Karen H. Jobes is associate professor of
New Testament at Westmont College in Santa Barbara.
She holds a PhD in Biblical Hermeneutics from Westminster
Theological Seminary (Philadelphia). Among her publications
are Invitation to the Septuagint (with Moisés
Silva, Baker, 2000), and the NIV Application Commentary:
Esther (Zondervan, 1999). She has been a member
of the CBT since 1995.
Dr. Walter Liefeld is serving this year as
Interim President of Tyndale Theological Seminary in
the Netherlands, and is Distinguished Professor Emeritus
of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
in Deerfield, Illinois. He served as a member of the
team working on the book of Philippians for the NIV and
became a full-fledged member of the CBT in the mid-80s.
 Dr. Douglas Moo is Blanchard Professor of New
Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School, and has
been on the CBT since 1997.
 Dr. Bruce K. Waltke is Professor Emeritus of
Old Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver,
British Columbia and Professor of Old Testament at
Reformed Theological Seminary (Orlando, Florida Campus).
He holds a ThD from Dallas Theological Seminary and
a PhD from Harvard University. He has also taught at
Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and
Dallas Theological Seminary. He has written numerous
scholarly articles and edited or contributed to books
such as the Theological Word Book of the Old Testament.
He helped translate the NIV and continues to
serve on the CBT.
 Dr.
Larry L. Walker holds a PhD from Dropsie College
for Hebrew and Cognate Learning. He has taught Hebrew
and other ancient languages (such as Aramaic, Akkadian,
and Ugaritic) at the seminary level for 30 years.
Dr. Walker also served on the International Council
of Biblical Inerrancy that drafted the now-famous "Chicago
Statement on Inerrancy." Serving on the CBT has allowed
him to work with fellow scholars who share the highest
view of the nature of Scripture.
Dr. Walker joined the CBT shortly after it was formed.
He comments, "I was for many years the youngest member
of it. Now I am one of the oldest! The committee has
matured together and understands the thinking of others
almost like mates in marriage do. We each bring different
personalities and background experiences to the work.
I can think of times when some issue was illuminated
by a member's background in farming, medicine, chemistry,
etc. "The experience of working
thousands of hours over several decades with excellent
fellow scholars is beyond description. In many ways,
this far exceeds all my formal training in preparation
for my life's work."
Dr. Herbert M. Wolf (deceased), Ph.D.
Former
Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Wheaton
College
Dr. Martin Selman (deceased), B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Former
Deputy Principal, Spurgeon’s College (London
)
Author, 1 & 2 Chronicles, The
Tyndale Old Testament Commentary (IVP)
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