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1 | New Gender-Neutral NIV | 2 Sam 7:28 | Jesusman | 32447 | ||
Hello Hank, To do a gender neutral version would be going against Scripture. Let me explain what would be involved to make the Bible gender neutral. In the hebrew, there is no neuter gender form. The only genders are masculine and feminine. To make a gender neutral translation, you would have to redesign the language of hebrew, and create a whole new set of paradigms for the neuter gender. In greek, you do have a neuter gender, along with the masculine and feminine genders, but the neuter only accomodates a percentage of the language. To make the greek gender neutral, you will have to rewrite the entire greek vocabulary to reflect the neuter forms. This was explained to me by a man who was on the original translation committee for the NIV: Dr. W. Harold Mare. He was, when we last talked, adamantly opposed to the NIV becoming Gender neutral. Jesusman |
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2 | New Gender-Neutral NIV | 2 Sam 7:28 | Hank | 32452 | ||
I fully concur. If the 'gender-neutral' edition sells not a single copy, it would not cause me any sorrow. --Hank | ||||||
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