 Several chapters of the translation were read to the directors, who then voted to accept it as a gift.The "New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures" was released at a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 2, 1950.The translation of the Old Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses refer to as the "Hebrew Scriptures", was released in five volumes in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1960.