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Audio: Gender-Accurate Bible Translation Panel
By: Boaz Johnson, Caryn A. Reeder, Cynthia Long Westfall, Philip B. Payne, Jeff Miller, Alice Yafeh-Deigh | November 2, 2022
This panel will provide a summary of the New Testament and Old Testament teams' work. This panel will discuss the powerful meaning behind elements of text in Galatians 3:28. Panelists include Boaz Johnson, Caryn Reeder, Cynthia Long Westfall, Alice Yafeh-Deigh, Philip B. Payne with Jeff Miller as Moderator.
Book Review: First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament
By: J.W. Wartick | March 24, 2022
The First Nations Version is a phenomenal work. It is poetic, beautiful, and striking time and again. It captures the feel of hearing God's word spoken, and it corrects some mistakes other translations make.
Context and Words Matter: Reexamining 1 Corinthians 14
By: Bill Rudd | September 29, 2021
By paying attention to the context and specific word usage of 1 Corinthians 14, it becomes clear that Paul was not asking anyone—tongues-speakers, prophets, or women—to be quiet permanently.
She’s Not a Whore: Pejorative Language and Translation Bias in Ezekiel 16
By: Christine Woolgar | September 5, 2021
When translators choose to use “whore” throughout Ezekiel 16, they let readers think it’s okay to use words with inescapably derogatory connotations. And the true focus of the passage—apostasy—gets lost.
Correcting Caricatures: Women and Bible Translation
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | September 5, 2021
We stand united in Christ to proclaim women’s dignity and purpose through accurate Bible translations, remembering that dehumanizing ideas about people lead to dehumanizing actions.
First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament
By: Terry M. Wildman | August 31, 2021
The FNV is a dynamic equivalence translation that captures the simplicity, clarity, and beauty of Native storytellers in English, while remaining faithful to the original language of the New Testament. Whether you are Native or not, you will experience the Scriptures in a fresh and new way.
Book Review: Surprising Steps in the Right Direction: A Review of the 2020 Christian Standard Bible
By: Jeff Miller | July 31, 2021
I would recommend the CSB over the ESV. I would not, however, recommend the CSB over other Bibles that have a commitment to gender-accurate translation—most notably the CEB.
Valiant or Virtuous? Gender Bias in Bible Translation
By: Suzanne McCarthy | June 27, 2021
This book explores a systematic bias in translating the Bible and in interpreting its teachings, which suggests that men are inherently suited to be leaders in the home, church, and community, while it is God’s plan for women to submit to men’s leadership.
Do Words Have Gender? Word Studies, Part 4
By: Jeff Miller | October 7, 2020
This is the fourth blog in a series on Bible word studies for egalitarians. This entry explores whether words have gender and shows how the grammatical gender in Hebrew and Greek show up in Bible translation.
How Much Does a Word Mean? Word Studies, Part 3
By: Jeff Miller | September 30, 2020
This is the third in a series about Bible word studies and translation for egalitarians. This entry focuses on a particular instance of a word doesn’t contain all the meaning that the word can carry in 1 Timothy 2.