Ping!
I reviewed the New Revised Standard Version, which led the way into the morass of "gender free" rewriting, HERE. The same criticisms would apply. But then, I am not a great fan of the NIV either, as my remarks HERE explain.
But what really gripes about this translation is that it is a treacherous breach of commitment.
Imagine that. A stealth Bible, released with the secrecy of a really bad movie, in direct violation of promises the sponsors had made NOT to perpetrate such a thing. In our spiritually brain-dead, Athenian culture, I don't doubt it will sell.
But it will smell, too.
Dan
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