The New World Translation
The New World Translation
- Collection ID
- BIB.005007
- Type
- Bible - Printed Book
- Date
- 1961
- Geography
- United States
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Printed on Paper
- Dimensions
- 5 × 7.4 × 1.1 in. (12.7 × 19 × 2.8 cm)
- Exhibit Location
- Not on View
The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was published in 1961 by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, a corporation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The translation project began in 1950 and was carried out by a committee of church leaders who sought to produce a Bible with updated language based on the original Greek and Hebrew sources. Over the next ten years, parts of the Old and New Testaments were published separately until the translation was completed in 1961. Today, the New World Translation has been translated into dozens of languages and hundreds of millions of copies have been distributed worldwide.
The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was published in 1961 by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, a corporation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The translation project began in 1950 and was carried out by a committee of church leaders who sought to produce a Bible with updated language based on the original Greek and Hebrew sources. Over the next ten years, parts of the Old and New Testaments were published separately until the translation was completed in 1961. Today, the New World Translation has been translated into dozens of languages and hundreds of millions of copies have been distributed worldwide.
Printed in 1961 by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Brooklyn, New York; Acquired by World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Tuxedo Park, New York; Donated in 2019 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Printed in 1961 by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Brooklyn, New York; Acquired by World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Tuxedo Park, New York; Donated in 2019 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
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