The New International Version Inclusive Language Edition (NIVI) of the Christian Bible was an

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version of the

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(NIV). It was published by

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(a subsidiary of Lagardere Publishing) in London in 1995; New Testament and Psalms, with the full bible following in 1996. It was only released in the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth Countries. In 1997, an article by ''

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'' accused the NIVI of being "a feminist seduction of the evangelical church". This led to a protest in evangelical circles, led by James Dobson. A meeting led by Dobson released the

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, a set of guidelines on gender in Bible translation. Despite some evangelicals coming to the defense of the NIVI,

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responded by not releasing the NIVI in the United States.Bibles: Hands Off My NIV!

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, June-16-1997 One of the criticisms was that the word ‘man’ was replaced by a variety of words in a very mechanical way (‘anyone’ ‘person’ etc.) even in passages where clearly a man was indicated. This lent credibility to the criticism that this was a feminist translation with the need to strip the translation of as many occurrences as possible of the word ‘man’. A modified edition was published in 1999. Typical of the changes was Leviticus 15:2-15, where ‘man’ was restored in the 1999 edition, as the passage clearly concerned males. Also John 17:6-26 a speech of Jesus was indented in the 1999 edition, following the indentation of similar passages in the gospel. In 2002

Today's New International Version Today's New International Version (TNIV) is an English translation of the Bible which was developed by the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT). The CBT also developed the New International Version (NIV) in the 1970s. The TNIV is based on the NI ...

(TNIV) was published for the English speaking world as a replacement, but differing in its title with the addition of 'Today's'. This was also discontinued, with a slightly toned-down version of the TNIV being published as the New International Version in 2011.

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