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"Your Sins Shall Be White as Yucca" - an article about missionaries who
spent 40 years translating the New Testament for a small tribe in the
jungles of Peru.
Do Inclusive-Language Bibles Distort Scripture?
Yes - by Wayne Grudem
"http://www.christianity.net/ct/7TC/7TC26a.html"
No - by Grant Osborne
"http://www.christianity.net/ct/7TC/7TC33a.html"
Editorial: The Great Translation Debate - the divide over gender-inclusive
Bibles hides what unites us
"http://www.christianity.net/ct/7TC/7TC016.html"
Thank God for Our Bibles - by J.I.Packer
On the Shoulders of King James - an interview with Barclay Newman, lead
translator for the CEV
The Women in Paul's Life (my comments: discusses Phoebe, Priscilla, and Junia)
"http://www.christianity.net/ct/7TC/7TC074.html"
Confessions of a Bible Translator (my comments: discusses the judgements
made in the process of translating)
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For those interested in the issue of gender accurate translations, here are
some more articles and web sites that you may be interested in, on both
sides of the issue:
Femme fatale - World Magazine
http://www.worldmag.com/world/issue/03-29-97/cover_1.asp
BIBLE PUBLISHING: Hands Off My NIV!
http://www.christianity.net/ct/7T7/7T7052.html
Bible Translators Deny Gender Agenda
http://www.christianity.net/ct/7T8/7T8062.html
Two organizations that stand on different sides of this issue are:
Christians for Biblical Equality
http://www.goldengate.net/mall/cbe/
Council on Biblical Man and Womanhood
http://www.cbmw.org/
Finally, if you want to express your opinion on this issue in an online
questionaire, you can do so at:
http://www.christianity.net/surveys/ct.htm
Hope this is of interest,
Jonathan
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