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Bible Question:
I purchased a TNIV and have spent much time reading it so I can speak with some first hand knowledge. Several of us in this forum previewed the TNIV NT before it was put into print and circulation. I personally find the TNIV unacceptable, but interesting to see where liberal teaching is headed. The bad press the TNIV has received is justified. However, why have the New Living Translation and the Message also received equal the negative reviews? Gender Nutral translations are sneeking in, with the aid of good recognizable Christian's of noterity. Just as there are versions which have hidden motives, there are versions that place the male form of words when it is not correct to do so. Dr. James Dobson recently had a 2 part teaching about the TNIV, and in Vol 28 No 3 and 4 of 2005 of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL Dr. James White has a two part article "BIBLE VERSIONS: THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY". Once again I ask how many English Versions of the Bible do we need? On the James Dobsom program the guest who helped translate the ESV said the only versions he reccomended were the ESV, NASB, NKJV, and teh KJV. I was concerned that the NIV was not even considered as one to use. However in a large percentage of churches the NIV is widely used as their churches Bible of choice. Is the TNIV a wolf in sheeps clothing? what should we as Christians do to show our concern about translations who alter the text to reflect gender nutral or other attempts to bring a bias out in twisted scripture? Justme |
Bible Answer: Hi justme, Good to hear from you, my friend! As you may recall, I bought the TNIV a couple of years ago simply to have as a resource. It has its' good and bad points as the NIV- of which I'm not a big fan. There are some passages that I think are fine! Others that are gender-neutral I have a particular issue with. Zondervan would call it marketing, I would call it "dumbing-down" scripture. We're trying to make it too easy to understand and in doing so, much of the original emphasis and distinctions are being lost! For what it's worth, I've noticed very few -if any- copies of the TNIV on the Christian bookstore shelves here in the Seattle area. That's my 2-cents worth:-) BradK |