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Subject: Good-bye, NIV |
Bible Note: Steve, your point is not without merit. It was fully recognized when I was studying English in school (many years ago) that, for all its richness and versatility, English has its fair share of Achilles' heals too. Not the least among its shortcomings is that there is no pronoun in English to express, in the third person singular, a gender neutral (or both sexes, male and female) meaning except the word "it," and we do not use "it" in reference to human beings. The words "man" and "mankind" have been used for centuries to mean the human race; they have never been accused of omitting females until this feminist business appeared on the scene a few years ago. No one can honestly read into the statement, "Man shall not live by bread alone" that Jesus (or the translators) was excluding women. Until such time as English-speaking peoples invent and inculcate into standard English usage new terms to bridge present gaps, it seems the prudent course to translate as accurately as possible into the standard English of our time and avoid changing the dynamics of meaning by rendering in the plural words that are singular in the biblical manuscripts merely in order to attempt to achieve gender neutrality. --Hank |