According to the translators’ notes for the updated (“2011”) NIV, “every single change introduced into the committee’s last major revision (the TNIV) relating to inclusive language for humanity was reconsidered.” This is in keeping with an announcement the translators made in 2009. Some people were concerned about this, because they were afraid the translation committee…
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The updated NIV has been released on-line. According both to an interview with Douglas Moo and to the translators’ notes (available in PDF format), one goal of the NIV is “hearing the Word the way it was written,” which, Dr. Moo explains, means “trying to reflect in English something of the form of the original…
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As expected, the much-anticipated updated NIV went on-line today at Bible Gateway. The new translation doesn’t seem to have a name that distinguishes it from older translations of the same name. It’s just called the “NIV.” Unfortunately, the previous two NIV translations — the TNIV and what I guess we’ll have to call the “old…
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