The New Testament of the Inclusive Language Bible

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The New Testament of the Inclusive Language Bible. Notre Dame: Crossroads, 1994, vii + 297 pp., $19.95. The New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version. New York and Oxford: Oxford University, 1995, xxii + 535 pp., n.p.

The publication of the New Revised Standard Version (1989) inaugurated a new era in Bible translation by endeavoring to produce a translation of Scripture without gender bias with regard to humanity. Two recent volumes follow suit but go beyond the selective policy of the NRSV by applying inclusive language to both divine and human characters and by eliminating pejorative references to race, color and religion.

Crossroads' Inclusive Language New …