This week in Christian history: Gender neutral Bible, Albert Schweitzer, Protestant goes to China
TNIV officially discontinued – September 1, 2009
This week marks the anniversary of when the Today’s New International Version of the Bible was discontinued a little over four years after it was officially released.
The TNIV’s New Testament was released in 2002 and the full version was released in 2005. It garnered controversy for editing numerous passages of the Bible to make then gender neutral.
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Critics, including the apologetics website GotQuestions.org, argued that the increased gender neutral renderings of assorted passages were "not necessary" and "sometimes misleading."
"While we do not question the motives of the TNIV translation committee, we have serious reservations about some of their decisions," they stated.
When Zondervan made the announcement that it was phasing out the TNIV, some attributed its short lifespan to the extensive criticism it received for the gender neutral edits.
