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Zondervan and Biblical leaders announced on September 1 that the Today's New International Version (TNIV), a gender-inclusive Bible, will be taken off the market when a new version of the New International Version is released.

Breaking: Correcting the 'Mistakes' of TNIV, Translators Will Overhaul NIV
"We fell short of the trust that was placed in us."

Bible Translation: Revised NIV Makes Its Debut
Translators alter 7 percent of the text to update style and gender issues.

Bible Translation: TNIV Critics Blast Scripture 'Distortions'
But evangelical backers of new translation say gender changes are 'accurate.'

CT Classic: Which Version Should We Use?
What we said when the NIV was first published. A Christianity Today editorial.

Why the TNIV Draws Ire
"No translation is perfect, and each must be read with a careful exegetical eye." A Christianity Today editorial.

Comparing the Three NIVs

Is The TNIV Faithful in Its Treatment of Gender? No
Political correctness puts pressure on translators to change details of meaning

Is The TNIV Faithful in Its Treatment of Gender? Yes
The TNIV does not eliminate gender distinctions but rather clarifies them

A Response to Vern Poythress
The TNIV Preserves the Original Meaning

A Response to Mark Strauss
The TNIV Undermines Plenary Inspiration

Christian History Corner: Translation Wars
Sharp as debate over the TNIV may be, the version's translators are getting off easy compared to John Wycliffe and William Tyndale.

The Battle for the Inclusive Bible
Conflicts over "gender-neutral" versions are not really about translation issues.

Do Inclusive-Language Bibles Distort Scripture? (Part 1 of 4)
He Said, They Said

Editorial: The Great Translation Debate
The divide over gender-inclusive Bibles hides what unites us.

Bibles: Hands Off My NIV!
Bible society cancels plans for 'gender-accurate' Bible after public outcry.

Publishing: Bible Translators Deny Gender Agenda
Focus on the Family yanks children's Bible; NIV translator loses seminary job.

Previous Christianity Today articles on Bible translation include:

A Translation Fit For A King
In the beginning, the King James Version was an attempt to thwart liberty. In the end, it promoted liberty
10/22/2001 12:00:00 AM

The Reluctant Romans
At Douai in Flanders, Catholic scholars translated the Bible into English as an alternative to the Bible of the heretics.
10/22/2001 12:00:00 AM

We Really Do Need Another Bible Translation
As good as many modern versions are, they often do not allow us to hear what the Holy Spirit actually said
10/22/2001 12:00:00 AM

The CT Review: Old Wisdom for New Times
The International Bible Society is doing spiritual archaeology and retro-publishing to reach seekers
4/23/2001 12:00:00 AM

Video: And the Word Came with Pictures
The former American Uranium Inc. mines a new market of Christian consumers, looking for gold on the silver screen.
2/19/2001 12:00:00 AM

New Bible translations help to preserve world's disappearing languages
The total number of languages in which the Bible is available in part or in its entirety now stands at 2,233.
2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Directions: What Bible Version Did Jesus Read?
What does the knowledge that Jesus used different versions of Scripture mean for us today?
4/26/1999

On the Shoulders of King James
Barclay M. Newman has kept before him a question posed by the translators of the 1611 King James Version: "What can be more [important] than to deliver God's book unto God's people in a tongue which they understand?"
10/27/1997

Confessions of a Bible Translator
As a stylist on a new translation of the Bible, Daniel worries over the effectiveness of the language into which the text is translated.
10/27/1997

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