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Article: Bible translation stirs gender debate.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2005
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Byline: Robin Galiano Russell
The release of a new Bible translation this month pushes to the forefront a hair-splitting debate among evangelical Christians. Depending on whom you ask, the Today's New International Version Bible is either a way to connect with a new generation or a paean to the feminist agenda.
It's an update of the New International Version, the best-selling Bible of all time. The NIV, published by Zondervan in 1978, has surpassed the King James Version in popularity. One in three Bibles bought is an NIV.
For evangelicals, it's the pew Bible of choice. And many don't want it changed.
Yet Zondervan insisted it was ...