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:"If a priest's daughter marries a '''layman''', she ...." ([[ESV]])) | :"If a priest's daughter marries a '''layman''', she ...." ([[ESV]])) | ||
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:"If a priest's daughter marries '''anyone other than a priest''', she ...." (NIV) | :"If a priest's daughter marries '''anyone other than a priest''', she ...." (NIV) | ||
| − | :"If a priest's daughter marries '''anyone other than a priest''', she ..." (TNIV | + | :"If a priest's daughter marries '''anyone other than a priest''', she ..." (TNIV) |
Note how this feminist neutralizing of gender opens the door to same-sex marriage, and also adds to the wordiness. | Note how this feminist neutralizing of gender opens the door to same-sex marriage, and also adds to the wordiness. | ||
Revision as of 22:19, November 6, 2009
The New International Version (NIV) of the Bible is the bestselling English translation of the Bible, but it is written at the 7th grade reading level (some say it is as low as the 4th grade level).
The NIV has gained wide acceptance among evangelicals due to its adherence to conservative doctrinal points with respect to the divinity of Christ, salvation through faith, and both Old Testament prophecies and the fulfillment of them.
But the NIV erases numerous biblical references to the unborn child,[1] perhaps to appease supporters of abortion. This has enabled professors at Wheaton College and elsewhere to dilute or deny Christian opposition to abortion.
The NIV tends to use gender-specific pronouns in obvious places in order to avoid anticipated criticism. But the NIV (like the TNIV) embraces gender neutrality in less obvious places, as in changing the reverence to "layman" to "anyone other than a priest" in Lv 22:12:
- "If a priest's daughter marries a layman, she ...." (ESV))
- "If a priest's daughter is married to a layman, she ....: (NASB)
- "If a priest's daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she ...." (NIV)
- "If a priest's daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she ..." (TNIV)
Note how this feminist neutralizing of gender opens the door to same-sex marriage, and also adds to the wordiness.
History of Translation
Led by a committee of mostly professors, more than one hundred academic types, beginning in the late 1960s, undertook the project of retranslating the Bible for the best extant (existing) originals in Hebrew and Greek texts. Their political views were undisclosed. Their stated goal was that the translation be:[2]
- an Accurate, Beautiful, Clear, and Dignified translation suitable for public and private reading, teaching, preaching, memorizing, and liturgical use. The translators were united in their commitment to the authority and infallibility of the Bible as God's Word in written form. They agreed that faithful communication of the meaning of the original writers demands frequent modifications in sentence structure (resulting in a "thought-for-thought" translation) and constant regard for the contextual meanings of words.
The International Bible Society (formerly the New York Bible Society) funded this project, and owns the copyright.[3]
The NIV Study Bible remains one of the most popular study Bible versions.
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See also: Concordia Self Study Bible
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