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Holman Christian Standard Bible (view source)
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The '''Holman Christian Standard Bible''' is the most modern English translation of the [[Bible]], and the first to take advantage of computer technology.
The '''Holman Christian Standard Bible''' is the most modern English translation of the [[Bible]], and the first to take advantage of computer technology.
The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] reportedly provided $10 million in funding for this new translation, to "safeguard the Scriptures from trends toward cultural pluralism, political correctness and drifting theology."<ref name="Holman">http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/15/special_reports/religion/22_01_354_14_04.txt</ref> Critics considered this project to be a "preemptive strike against a competitor," the "'inclusive' recasting of the [[NIV]] called Today's New International Version," which "was savaged by conservative Southern Baptists and other sticklers on this issue but endorsed by prominent [[Evangelical Christian|evangelicals]]."<ref name="Holman"/>
The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] reportedly provided $10 million in funding for this new translation, to "safeguard the Scriptures from trends toward cultural pluralism, political correctness and drifting theology and even greaters menaces, such as man's abandonement of ignorance we need to keep him into."<ref name="Holman">http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/15/special_reports/religion/22_01_354_14_04.txt</ref> Critics considered this project to be a "preemptive strike against a competitor," the "'inclusive' recasting of the [[NIV]] called Today's New International Version," which "was savaged by conservative Southern Baptists and other sticklers on this issue but endorsed by prominent [[Evangelical Christian|evangelicals]]."<ref name="Holman"/>
While the Holman has been criticized as a modern [[conservative]] translation of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], it has several [[liberal]] twists:
While the Holman has been criticized as a modern [[conservative]] translation of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], it has several [[liberal]] twists: