For sample verses from the New International Reader's Version, click here
New Testament - 1995
An article about the NIrV New Testament appeared in the December 10, 1995 issue of The Nevada (Missouri) Daily Mail; it may be found here.
Title: NIrV New International Reader's Version - New Testament
Date: 1995
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids
Contents: New Testament
References: Taliaferro CN00066, Taliaferro-EELBV 8470.100.
Facsimile: A facsimile is available at archive.org.
Images: Cover, Title page
Complete Bible - 1996
Title: NIrV Kids' Devotional Bible New International Reader's Version
Date: 1996
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids
Contents: Bible
References: Taliaferro CN00066, Taliaferro-EELBV 8470.110.
Facsimile: A facsimile is available at archive.org.
Images: Cover, Title page
Revised Editions
1998
After the controversy over the New International Version - Inclusive Language Edition, the publishers of the New International Reader's Version (NIrV) agreed to revise the NIrV to bring it into line with the treatment of gender in the New International Version. An account of the controversy appeared in World magazine in April 1997; it can be read here.
The New Testament (listed below) prints a list of people who worked on this revision; their affiliations (as listed in the book) are in parentheses:
- Ben Aker (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary)
- Paul House (Southern Baptist Seminary)
- Scott Munger (International Bible Society)
Complete Bible
Title: Holy Bible, New International Reader's Version
Date: 1998
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids
Contents: Bible
References: Taliaferro CN00066, Taliaferro-EELBV 8470.120.
Images: Title page
New Testament
Title: The Holy Bible New Testament New International Reader's Version
Date: 1998
Publisher: International Bible Society: Colorado Springs, CO
Contents: Bible
References: Taliaferro-EELBV 8470.120.
Location: Personal library, Havelock, North Carolina, USA
Images: Cover, Title page, Back cover
2014
The 2014 revision of the NIrV incorporates changes made to the New International Version in recent years.
New Testament - 2013
Title: The beauty and life God created in the world were destroyed by death and wrongdoing They were made new by God's surprising victory As Told in the Books of the New Testament New International Reader's Version®
Date: 2013
Publisher: Biblica: Colorado Springs, CO
ISBN: 9781563207051
Contents: Bible
References: See Taliaferro-EELBV 8470, Bradford Taliaferro's The Bible Hunter blog, October 5, 2014.
Location: Personal library, Havelock, North Carolina, USA (formerly)
Images: Cover, Title page, Back cover
Facsimile: A facsimile is available at archive.org.
Comments: This is a children's edition with inserts that depict Bible stories; this edition was published in 2013.
Complete Bible
Title: New International Reader's Version NIrV Holy Bible
Date: 2014
Publisher: Zondervan: Grand Rapids
ISBN: 9780310744115
Contents: Bible
References: See Taliaferro-EELBV 8470, Bradford Taliaferro's The Bible Hunter blog, October 5, 2014.
Location: Personal library, Havelock, North Carolina, USA
Images: Cover, Title page, Back cover
Comments: Besides the text and various helps, the Bible contains glossy inserts that depict various virtues and Bible verses alongside drawings of the Berenstain Bears. The Berenstain Bears are an adventurous family of bears that live in a tree house. They have been the subject of various children's books since the early 1960s.
