Popular NIV Bible Trims Gender-inclusive Language

[DeSwiss]

Popular NIV Bible trims gender-inclusive language
Modifications aim to appease critics

By Bob Smietana • THE TENNESSEAN • November 19, 2010

The world's best-selling Bible is getting an upgrade. At stake are millions of dollars in publishing revenue and the trust of millions of churchgoers. Since its debut in 1978, the New International Version — known as the NIV — has been the Bible of choice for evangelicals, selling more copies than any other version.

But a 2002 gender-inclusive edition bombed after being condemned as too liberal. Translators hope their latest edition, which debuted online this month, will avoid a similar fate. They've retained some of the language of the 2002 edition. But they also made changes — like going back to using words such as "mankind" and "man" instead of "human beings" and "people" — to appease critics. It's available for preview at BibleGateway.com, with print versions expected in March.

Wheaton College Bible scholar Doug Moo, head the translation committee, said the group tried to create an accurate English Bible without ticking off readers. He thinks even critics will respect their work. Translators talked to them ahead of time and gathered suggestions for changes.

Where there were disagreements, the two sides had civil conversation about it, he said. "We really tried to get it right this time," he said. "We tried to be careful about not bowing to any cultural or ecclesiastical agenda. … We also talked to anyone who wanted to talk to us."

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- So it appears that whether or not you end up in heaven or hell could depend upon the version of the NIV bible you bought. Perfect.

I'd say someone's leaving themselves wide-open for the greatest product liability lawsuit of all time......
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DeSwiss






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[madrchsod]

1. some interesting comments at that site...

[DeSwiss]

2. Yeah.....

...but at least you don't have to live here with the commenters.

[niyad]

3. and these amazingly obtuse people wrote an "unerring" book revision?

I love this totally lying comment "We tried to be careful about not bowing to any cultural or ecclesiastical agenda. … We also talked to anyone who wanted to talk to us."


well, yeah, except you BOWED to the cultural agenda of the woman-hating reichwing fundies. but they don't count as a "cultural agenda", do they?

[DeSwiss]

4. The contradictions are so prevasive.....

...it's enough to give one whiplash just reading the article.

[DeadEyeDyck]

5. but even the word "woman" is derived from "with man"

huMAN


their is no escape