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On Gender
With Zondervan’s announcement that the (T)NIV will be updated, the debate about gender, language, and translation is sure to rage anew. According to a report in USA Today (thanks to BBB for noticing),...
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On Gender Inclusivity and Gender Accuracy
Comments like, “Even if you remove the male pronouns, is the Bible not still a patriarchal text?” (from a comment on Rumblings) and observations such as those from Mark Stevens that the T-NIV has been...
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More About the Revisions to the (T)NIV
Thanks to A.Admin on Aberration blog for pointing out the recently posted FAQ about the revisions to the (T)NIV. Gender Of the 31 questions in the FAQ, 7 are specifically about gender, and another few...
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Here’s the Story of Toldot
From the about page comes a question about the Hebrew word toldot: I ran across Genesis 6:9 in the TNIV, which says “this is the account of Noah and his family.” Ive checked the KJV, NIV, NASB, ESV,...
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The Updated NIV is Online as of Today
As expected, the much-anticipated updated NIV went on-line today at Bible Gateway. The new translation doesn’t seem to have a name that distinguishes it from older translations of the same name. It’s...
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Gender in the Updated NIV
According to the translators’ notes for the updated (“2011″) NIV, “every single change introduced into the committee’s last major revision (the TNIV) relating to inclusive language for humanity was...
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