THE GENDER NEUTRAL BIBLE CONTROVERSY
By Vern Poythress & Wayne Grudem
Mentor (updated 2003 edition). 501 pages. £12.99
ISBN 1 85792 879 2
There are probably more versions of the Bible in print in English than in any other language today.
To compare, for example, the New American Standard Version (NASB) and the Revised Standard Version (RSV) with the Contemporary English Version (CEV) and the Living Bible (LB), even without knowing anything about the biblical languages, reveals a very different approach to biblical translation. The average Bible reader 'in the pew' may assume that it is simply about different choices of words in English that has produced these different styles, but the process of Bible translation is considerably more complex than many Christians realise.
