THE BIBLE VERSIONS BEING REVIEWED INCLUDE: THE COMMON ENGLISH BIBLE (CEB), THE NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION (NET), THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD VERSION (ISV), THE NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION (NRSV), THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV), THE ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV), THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE (NASB), AND THE KING JAMES VERSION (KJV).
QUESTIONS CONSIDERED:
DOES THE VERSION USE GENDERED (MALE) LANGUAGE, WHEN THE OLDEST AVAILABLE MANUSCRIPTS DO NOT? (GENESIS 1:27, AND 2:7)
DOES THE VERSION SUGGEST THAT MALE AUTHORITY IS A DIVINE MANDATE, OR THAT WOMEN WILL “DESIRE TO CONTROL” MEN? (GENESIS 3:16)
DOES THE VERSION PORTRAY THE LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN AS INHERENTLY MISLEADING? (ISAIAH 3:12); DOES THE VERSION INTRODUCE NEGATIVE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST A FEMALE CHARACTER IN THE BIBLE THAT ARE NOT FOUND IN THE OLDEST AVAILABLE MANUSCRIPT EVIDENCE? (JUDGES 19:2)
IS THE VERSION INCONSISTENT WHEN DESCRIBING MINISTRY ROLES FOR MEN AND WOMEN? (ROMANS 16:1-2)
DOES THE VERSION CHANGE THE NAME OF A FEMALE APOSTLE TO A MAN’S NAME, OR DOES IT CALL INTO QUESTION HER APOSTOLIC MINISTRY? (ROMANS 16:7)
DOES THE VERSION APPEAR TO PRESUME THAT AUTHORITY IN THE CHURCH OR IN THE HOME MUST BE “MALE”? (1 TIMOTHY 2:12)