by Vern S. Poythress [The following post, entitled "Response to Mark Strauss," is reproduced from “Response to Mark Strauss,” Christianity Today 46/11 (October 7, 2002): 43, 45. Used with permission. …
Searching Instead for an Agenda-Neutral Bible
A review of D. A. Carson, The Inclusive Language Debate: A Plea for Realism (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998); and Mark L. Strauss, Distorting Scripture? The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender …
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Small Changes in Meaning Can Matter: The Unacceptability of the TNIV
by Vern S. Poythress, Ph.D., Th.D. Professor of New Testament Interpretation Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Originally published as an internet article at …
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Systematic Pattern in TNIV
by Vern S. Poythress [Published in the Westminster Theological Journal 64/1 (2002) 185-92. Used with permission.] The central problem with Today's New International Version (TNIV)1 does not lie in …
The English Standard Version: An Explanation
Explanation by Dr. Vern S. Poythress The English Standard Version is an essentially literal translation. It strives to preserve the actual wording of the original whenever this accurately conveys the …
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TNIV’s Altered Meanings: An Evaluation of the TNIV
by Vern S. Poythress, Ph.D., Th.D. Professor of New Testament Interpretation Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Originally published as an internet article, at …
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