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NIV2011, Reviews, and Lifeway’s Stance to This Point
Last week I was in the vicinity of a Lifeway Christian Bookstore in the Twin Cities, so I stopped in to see if they were following the directive from the Southern Baptist Annual Convention earlier this year. This is the edict where Lifeway was given a “suggestion” to not stock the NIV2011 (it being a “heretical” translation and all). Thankfully,…
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Upon Further Review — NIV 2011
There are a couple of places to check out very thorough reviews of the NIV 2011. Dan Wallace has a four part review. Rodney Decker has a lengthy paper reviewing the NIV as well. They are much kinder, and much more thorough, regarding the NIV than, say, the Southern Baptists. 😉
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The Common English Bible and the Age of Internet Reaction
This is amazing. I sent a note to the CEB folks about the dislike over the use of “it” referring to the Spirit in Romans 8:26. (It was our reading for Sunday morning.) I got an initial response quickly (maybe 30 minutes) telling me the history of the translation decision on that verse. Also, they noted I was the second…
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The Spirit of “It”
I made a quick note yesterday that I can’t endorse the Common English Bible because of the use of “it” in reference to the Spirit in Romans 8. I checked the e-reader version and the online version. Both read that way. When the CEB states in their purpose that they will keep the pronouns of the Godhead as “he,” this…
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Why It Will NOT be the CEB for Me
I thought I had problems with the Common English Bible using “Human One” for Son of Man. Today in our public reading I used the CEB to read from Romans 8. They call the Spirit “it.” I was floored. IT? REALLY?
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Reviews on the NIV 2011
This review will apparently be a four-parter. He begins with discussing more issues about the RSV, which will lead into discussion on the NIV 2011. It’s interesting reading thus far.
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Learning to Appreciate the Common English Bible
I am learning how to edit. Endorsements are great places for editors to work. They don’t seem to work at newspapers anymore, so they must have shifted to the endorsement market. I sent a note to the folks at the Common English Bible to let them know I really do appreciate the CEB when it comes to reading the Apocrypha.…
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The CBT Responds to the Southern Baptists
The Committee on Bible Translation responded a few weeks back to the Southern Baptist resolution “banning” the use of the NIV: A brief response from the Committee on Bible Translation to the resolution introduced on the floor of the Southern Baptist Convention regarding the updated New International Version June 15, 2011 The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) welcomes informed criticism…
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NIV 2011 Banned by Southern Baptists?
This resolution came forward at their current meeting: 5:14 p.m. — In a surprising and dramatic move moments ago, messengers voted first to consider a resolution highly critical of the TNIV 2011 and then passed the resolution nearly unanimously. The resolution came from the floor — introduced by messenger Tim Overton — and not from the Resolutions Committee. Overturn’s appeal…
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