World’s most popular Bible to be revised

[moobu2]

Some gender terms could get makeover in first update in quarter century

The world's most-popular Bible will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen a contentious debate about changing gender terms in the sacred text.

The New International Version, the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals, will be revised to reflect changes in English usage and advances in Biblical scholarship, it was announced Tuesday. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011.

"We want to reach English speakers across the globe with a Bible that is accurate, accessible and that speaks to its readers in a language they can understand," said Keith Danby, global president and CEO of Biblica, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Christian ministry that holds the NIV copyright.


But past attempts to remake the NIV for contemporary audiences in different editions have been plagued by controversies about gender language that have pitted theological conservatives against each other.

The changes did not make all men "people" or remove male references to God, but instead involved dropping gender-specific terms when translators judged that the original text didn't intend it. So in some verses, references to "sons of God" became "children of God," for example.

Supporters say gender-inclusive changes are more accurate and make the Bible more accessible, but critics contend they twist meaning or smack of political correctness.

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[corkhead]

1. right wingers want to add "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" to the Beatitudes.

[Rainngirl]

8. HA!

Good one!!

[Turbineguy]

2. Conservative Evangelicals

prefer bad grammar and spelling.

[damntexdem]

3. Gotta change that inerrant word every once in a while to keep it fresh.

Hey, no prob -- people will find that they can believe every single new word just as they did the old, replaced ones.

;-)

[elocs]

4. From this morning about this, check here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6437557

[iris27]

5. Next headline: Lutherans everywhere abandon the NIV in 2011...

Or at least the LCMS.

[laconicsax]

7. Schisms are the spice of life.

[moobu2]

9. As long as they're preoccupied with arguing among themselves

they might leave everyone else alone. Ecumenicism is scary.

[laconicsax]

6. I look forward to finding out if this new edition is a counterfeit.

http://www.av1611.org/kjv/counterfeit.html

The same site has no kind words for the current NIV.
http://www.av1611.org/niv.html
:rofl:

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

10. FInally! NOW they can change 'For God so loved the.....

'... Straight White Republican Anglo-Saxon Protestant..' instead of WORLD.

It will be SO much clearer then.

[rd_kent]

11. BLASPHEMY! One cannot change the word of god!

Oh wait, people do it all the time.