About the Contributing Scholars

Here's an alphabetical list of the biblical scholars who contributed to crafting the base translation of the Holy Bible: International Standard Version from the original languages in which the individual books of the Bible were composed.


Gleason Archer, Ph.D.

Dr. Archer (1916-2004) was one of the fifty original translators of the NASB published in 1971. He also worked on the team which translated the NIV Bible published in 1978. His defense of the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy by proposing harmonizations and exegesis regarding alleged contradictions in the Bible made Archer a well known biblical inerrantist. Dr. Archer believed “One cannot allow for error in history-science without also ending up with error in doctrine.” He was critical of the documentary hypothesis which denies the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch. One of Dr. Archer's last contributions to the Christian community before going home to be with the Lord was his rendering of the base translation of chapters 1-3 of the book of Daniel for the ISV.



Mona Bias, Ph.D.

Mona Bias is Director of Admissions and Professor of Biblical Studies at the International Graduate School of Leadership.

B.S. Biology, Saint Louis University; M.Div. Exposition and Teaching, International School of Theology-Asia; S.T.M. Academic Ministry, Dallas Theological Seminary; Ph.D. in Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary; staff, Campus Crusade for Christ, 1988 to present. Dr. Bias produced the base translation for chapters 25-40 of the book of Genesis, all of the books of Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Job, and Psalms 66-90, Psalms 92-116, and Psalm 118 and portions of the book of Ezekiel for the ISV.



Robert Morey, Ph.D.

Dr. Morey is the author of over 40 books, is listed in The International Authors and Writers Who's Who and Contemporary Authors. He earned a B.A. in philosophy from Covenant College, a M.Div. in theology from Westminster Seminary, a DMin. in apologetics from Westminster Seminary, and received a D.D. in Islamic Studies from Faith Theological Seminary for his groundbreaking research on the pre-Islamic origins of Islam. Dr. Morey crafted the base translation of Psalms 1-65 and Psalm 91 for the ISV.