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bible translation team
PENTATEUCH

Daniel I. Block, Senior Translator
The Southern BaptistTheological Seminary

Genesis

Allan Ross
Beeson Divinity School, Samford University

Gordon Wenham
University of Gloucester

Exodus

Robert Bergen
Hannibal-LaGrange College

Daniel I. Block
The Southern BaptistTheological Seminary

Eugene Carpenter
Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana

Leviticus

David Baker
Ashland Theological Seminary

Victor Hamilton
Asbury College

Kenneth Mathews
Beeson Divinity School, Samford University

Numbers

Dale A. Brueggemann
Assemblies of God, Division of Foreign Missions

R. K. Harrison (deceased)
Wycliffe College

Paul R. House
Wheaton College

Gerald L. Mattingly
Johnson Bible College

Deuteronomy

J. Gordon McConville
University of Gloucester

Eugene H. Merrill
Dallas Theological Seminary

John A. Thompson (deceased)
University of Melbourne

HISTORICAL BOOKS

Barry J. Beitzel, Senior Translator
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Joshua, Judges

Carl E. Armerding
Schloss Mittersill Study Centre

Barry J. Beitzel
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Lawson Stone
Asbury Theological Seminary

1 & 2 Samuel

Robert Gordon
Cambridge University

V. Philips Long
Regent College

J. Robert Vannoy
Biblical Theological Seminary

1 & 2 Kings

Bill T. Arnold
Asbury Theological Seminary

William H. Barnes
North Central University

Frederic W. Bush
Fuller Theological Seminary

1 & 2 Chronicles

Raymond B. Dillard (deceased)
Westminster Theological Seminary

David A. Dorsey
Evangelical School of Theology

Terry Eves
Erskine College

WISDOM BOOKS

Tremper Longman III, Senior Translator
Westmont College

Job

August Konkel
Providence Theological Seminary

Tremper Longman III
Westmont College

Al Wolters
Redeemer College

Psalms 1-75

Mark D. Futato
Reformed Theological Seminary

Douglas Green
Westminster Theological Seminary

Richard Pratt
Reformed Theological Seminary

Psalms 76-150

David M. Howard Jr.
Bethel Theological Seminary

Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Willem VanGemeren
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Proverbs

Ted Hildebrandt
Gordon College

Richard Schultz
Wheaton College

Raymond C. Van Leeuwen
Eastern College

Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs

Daniel C. Fredericks
Belhaven College

David Hubbard (deceased)
Fuller Theological Seminary

Tremper Longman III
Westmont College

PROPHETS

John N. Oswalt, Senior Translator
Wesley Biblical Seminary

Isaiah

John N. Oswalt
Wesley Biblical Seminary

Gary Smith
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

John Walton
Wheaton College

Jeremiah, Lamentations

G. Herbert Livingston
Asbury Theological Seminary

Elmer A. Martens
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary

Ezekiel

Daniel I. Block
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

David H. Engelhard
Calvin Theological Seminary

David Thompson
Asbury Theological Seminary

Daniel, Haggai - Malachi

Joyce Baldwin Caine (deceased)
Trinity College, Bristol

Douglas Gropp
Catholic University of America

Roy Hayden
Oral Roberts School of Theology

Andrew Hill
Wheaton College

Tremper Longman III
Westmont College

Hosea - Zephaniah

Joseph Coleson
Nazarene Theological Seminary

Roy Hayden
Oral Roberts School of Theology

Andrew Hill
Wheaton College

Richard Patterson
Liberty University

GOSPELS AND ACTS

Grant R. Osborne, Senior Translator
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Matthew

Craig Blomberg
Denver Seminary

Donald A.Hagner
Fuller Theological Seminary

David Turner
Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary

Mark

Robert Guelich (deceased)
Fuller Theological Seminary

George Guthrie
Union University

Grant R. Osborne
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Luke

Darrell Bock
Dallas Theological Seminary

Scot McKnight
North Park University

Robert Stein
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

John

Gary M. Burge
Wheaton College

Philip W. Comfort
Coastal Carolina University

Marianne Meye Thompson
Fuller Theological Seminary

Acts

D. A. Carson
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

William J. Larkin
Columbia International University

Roger Mohrlang
Whitworth College

LETTERS AND REVELATION

Norman R. Ericson, Senior Translator
Wheaton College

Romans, Galatians

Gerald Borchert
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

Douglas J. Moo
Wheaton College

Thomas R. Schreiner
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

1 & 2 Corinthians

Joseph Alexanian
Trinity International University

Linda Belleville
North Park Theological Seminary

Douglas A. Oss
Central Bible College

Robert Sloan
Baylor University

Ephesians - Philemon

Harold W. Hoehner
Dallas Theological Seminary

Moises Silva
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Klyne Snodgrass
North Park Theological Seminary

1-3 John, Revelation

Greg Beale
Wheaton College

Robert Mounce
Whitworth College

M. Robert Mulholland Jr.
Asbury Theological Seminary

SPECIAL REVIEWERS

F. F. Bruce (deceased)
University of Manchester

Kenneth N.Taylor (deceased)
Translator,The Living Bible

COORDINATING TEAM

Mark D. Taylor
Director and Chief Stylist

Ronald A. Beers
Executive Director and Stylist

Mark R. Norton
Managing Editor and O.T. Coordinating Editor

Philip W. Comfort
N.T. Coordinating Editor

Daniel W. Taylor
Bethel University, Senior Stylist

endorsements

“For me, the greatest blessing of the NLT is how it opens up the meaning and impact of the Scriptures to people. I think it is a wonderful translation, and a gift to the Church.”

James Karsten
Grant Reformed Church
Grant, Michigan

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