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Tributes

TRIBUTE TO Edwin H. Palmer

Edwin H. Palmer, who had served so capably as Executive Secretary of the NIV Committee on Bible Translation and as coordinator of all translation work on the NIV, was appointed General Editor of The NIV Study Bible by Zondervan in 1979. On September 16, 1980, he departed this life to be with Christ, which is better by far ( ). Before his death, however, he had laid most of the plans for The NIV Study Bible , had recruited the majority of the contributors and had done some editorial work on the first manuscripts submitted. We gratefully acknowledge his significant contribution to the earliest stages of the 1985 edition of which this is a revision.

TRIBUTE TO Donald W. Burdick

Donald Burdick was one of the original Associate Editors of the 1985 edition of The NIV Study Bible , with special responsibility for the New Testament. He departed this life on January 4, 1996, to be at home with the Lord ( ) before work commenced in 1997 on the fully revised 2002 edition. We gratefully acknowledge his outstanding work on the original NIV Study Bible .

TRIBUTE TO Walter W. Wessel

Walter Wessel was also one of the Associate Editors of the original NIV Study Bible (1985), as well as of the 2002 fully revised edition, with special responsibility for the New Testament. Although he was physically unable to be present at our final work session in March 2002, his handwritten proposals were available to us. Then he went home to be with his Lord on April 21, 2002. We thankfully acknowledge his substantial contributions to The NIV Study Bible (fully revised). Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them ( ).

TRIBUTE TO John H. Stek

John Stek was also one of the Associate Editors of the original NIV Study Bible (1985), as well as of the 2002 fully revised edition and the 2008 update, with special responsibility for the Old Testament (though, because of his comprehensive grasp of the whole range of Biblical exegesis and Biblical theology, he also made significant contributions to the New Testament). Then the Lord took him to glory ( ) on June 6, 2009. John leaves a huge void, and he will be sorely missed.

Table of Contents

(Ge)

(Ex)

(Lev)

(Nu)

(Dt)

(Jos)

(Jdg)

(Ru)

(1Sa)

(2Sa)

(1Ki)

(2Ki)

(1Ch)

(2Ch)

(Ezr)

(Ne)

(Est)

(Job)

(Ps)

(Pr)

(Ecc)

(SS)

(Isa)

(Jer)

(La)

(Eze)

(Da)

(Hos)

(Joel)

(Am)

(Ob)

(Jnh)

(Mic)

(Na)

(Hab)

(Zep)

(Hag)

(Zec)

(Mal)

(Mt)

(Mk)

(Lk)

(Jn)

(Ac)

(Ro)

(1Co)

(2Co)

(Gal)

(Eph)

(Php)

(Col)

(1Th)

(2Th)

(1Ti)

(2Ti)

(Titus)

(Phm)

(Heb)

(Jas)

(1Pe)

(2Pe)

(1Jn)

(2Jn)

(3Jn)

(Jude)

(Rev)

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