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Revision as of 02:05, February 1, 2010
The New International Version (NIV) is a translation of the Bible which purged numerous references to the unborn child, presumably to mislead many Christians into allowing abortion. Written in modern and simple English, the NIV has been promoted widely among the evangelical community and has supplanted the King James Version as the bestselling English translation.
The NIV tends to use gender-specific pronouns in obvious places in order to avoid anticipated criticism, but like the discredited TNIV the NIV embraces gender neutrality in other 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:[1]
- 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.[2]
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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