Distorting Scripture? 12+

📙 Recent controversies have rocked evangelicalism on the question: Is gender-inclusive language for human beings faithful and helpful in Bible translation, or does it distort and obscure God's Word? Distorting Scripture? moves beyond sensationalism to the meaty core of an ongoing debate. ""A fascinating, illuminating, informative, balanced, accurate discussion by a scholar who is a conservative evangelical in doctrine and a complementarian/traditionalist in gender roles."" Alan Johnson, Professor of New Testament and Christian Ethics, Wheaton College ""Mark Strauss has put us in his debt by cutting through the rhetoric and placing the issue of gender-neutral translation where it belongs--in the areas of translational theory and of accuracy in bringing Greek and Hebrew into contemporary and readable English, not in the context of pro- or anti-feminist agendas."" Gordon D. Fee, Professor of New Testament, Regent College ""Mark Strauss rightly discusses the debate over inclusive language in the larger context of debates over traditional language and translation theory that have always been a part of the history of Bible translation. And as a self-designated complementarian, he resoundingly rejects the notion that inclusive language in Bible translation is part of a feminist plot to rewrite Scriptures. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in the current debate and in the future of the English Bible."" John R. Kohlen...