:"If a priest's daughter marries '''anyone other than a priest''', she ..." (TNIV)
Note how this feminist neutralizing of gender opens the door to same-sex marriage, and also adds to the wordiness. According to the [[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]], the NIV translation includes "over 3,600 gender-related problems."<ref>Phan, Katherine T. "New NIV Bible to Debut Amid Ongoing Concern." March 13, 2011. http://www.christianpost.com/news/new-niv-bible-to-debut-amid-ongoing-concern-49392/</ref>
== History of Translation ==
Led by a committee of mostly professors, more than one hundred academic types, beginning in the late 1960s, undertook the project of retranslating the Bible for the best extant (existing) originals in [[Hebrew]] and [[Greek]] texts. Their The first complete edition was released in the 1970s. The political views of the translators were undisclosed. Their , but their stated goal was that the translation be:<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=31#books&version=31;</ref>
:an Accurate, Beautiful, Clear, and Dignified translation suitable for public and private reading, teaching, preaching, memorizing, and liturgical use. The translators were united in their commitment to the authority and infallibility of the Bible as [[God]]'s Word in written form. They agreed that faithful communication of the meaning of the original writers demands frequent modifications in sentence structure (resulting in a "thought-for-thought" translation) and constant regard for the contextual meanings of words.
The International Bible Society (formerly the New York Bible Society) funded this project, and owns the copyright.<ref>http://www.ibs.org/</ref>
The NIV Study Bible remains one of the most popular study Bible versions, with various editions reaching the top 10 best sellers list compiled by the Association for Christian Retail.<ref>http://www.cbaonline.org/nm/documents/BSLs/Bibles.pdf</ref>
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==See also==
*[[Concordia Self Study Bible]]
'''Sources==External links==* [http:''' <references/>/www.av1611.org/niv.html New International Perversion] (listing of translation errors by Terry Watkins) See also: * [[Concordia Self Study Bible]http://bible-researcher.com/niv.html The New International Version (NIV) - A History and Evaluation](academic review of the translation by Michael Marlowe)
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