Scholars' Statement of Concern About the TNIV

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In February 2002, 37 Scholars issued the following statement:

In light of troubling translation inaccuracies - primarily (but not exclusively) in relation to gender language - that introduce distortions of the meanings that were conveyed better by the original NIV, we cannot endorse the TNIV translation as sufficiently accurate to commend to the church.

Gregg R. Allison, Ph.D.,Western Seminary, Portland, OR

John M. Frame, M.Phil., Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL

William D. Mounce, Ph.D., Cornerstone Fellowship, Spokane, WA

Henry S. Baldwin, Ph.D., Singapore Bible College, Singapore

Paul D. Gardner, Ph.D., Church of England Evangelical Council, Hartford, England

Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr., Ph.D., First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, GA

S. M. Baugh, Ph.D. ,Westminster Theological Seminary in California, Escondido, CA

Wayne Grudem, Ph.D., Phoenix Seminary, Scottsdale, AZ

Paige Patterson, Th.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC

Hans F. Bayer, Ph.D., Covenant Seminary, St. Louis, MO,

C.E. Hill, Ph.D., Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL

John Piper, D. theol., Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN

James Borland, Th.D., Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

H. Wayne House, Ph.D., Faith Seminary, Tacoma, WA

Vern S. Poythress, Ph.D., Th.D., Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA

Harold O. J. Brown, Ph.D., Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC

W. Bingham Hunter, Ph.D., Pastor of Adult Ministries, Harvest Bible Chapel, Former Academic Dean of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Talbot School of Theology

Mark R. Saucy, Ph.D., Kyiv Theological Seminary

Ardel B. Canedy, Ph.D., Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN

Peter Jones, Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary, Escondido, CA

Thomas R. Schreiner, Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

E. Ray Clendenen, Ph.D., Lifeway Christian Resources, Nashville, TN

Reggie M. Kidd, PhD., Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL

R. C., Sproul, DRS, Pd.D., Ligonier Ministries, Lake Mary, FL

Clifford John Collins, Ph.D., Covenant Seminary, St. Louis, MO

George W. Knight, III, Ph.D. , Greenville Presbyterian Seminary, Taylors, SC

Bruce Ware, Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

William Cook, Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

J. Carl Laney, Th.D., Western Seminary, Portland, OR

William Weinrich, Ph.D., Concordia Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN

Jack Cottrell, Ph.D., Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary, Cincinnati, OH

Al Mawhinney, Ph.D., Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL

Dean O. Wenthe, Ph.D., Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN

Daniel Doriani, Ph.D., Covenant Seminary, St. Louis, MO

R. Albert Mohler, Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

Robert Yarbrough, Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL

J. Ligon Duncan III, Ph.D., First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS



 
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