 This new organization was created to encourage biblical research and to provide guidance to those who have new biblical ideas.The committee was chaired by W. E. Read until 1956 and has become the Biblical Research Institute.The 1952 Bible Conference, according to Cottrell, opened the way for new scholarly projects like the "Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary" (published 1953-1957) and "Problems in Bible Translation" (1954).