Today's New International Version is an English translation of the Bible. It is a revision, but not a replacement, of the popular New International Version. The first full edition was published in February 2005, with the New Testament alone having been previously published in March 2002. The rights to the text are owned by the International Bible Society (IBS), while Zondervan Publishing holds exclusive printing rights to the TNIV in North America.

Differences between TNIV and NIV

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Among the differences between the NIV and the TNIV is the use of more gender neutral language, referring in some places, for example, to "children of God" instead of "sons of God" and changing phrases like "a man is justified by faith" to "a person is justified by faith." Male references to God, however, are not modified. This is similar to the approach taken in the New Revised Standard Version.

Hoi Ioudaioi

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In the TNIV some original Greek text references to hoi ioudaioi (literally, the Jews), are translated as referring to Jewish leaders of Jesus' day. Although this change is based on biblical scholarship^*" target="_blank" >concerning who were included in hoi ioudaioi, especially in John's gospel, one result is that the TNIV sounds less anti-Semitic than English versions which retain the literal translation of "the Jews." The TNIV is not alone[http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2004-January/028204.html among English Bible versions in following recent biblical scholarship on this matter. For example, in the Gospel of John (e.g. John 18:36), in the belief of the TNIV translators and a number of other biblical scholars, some contexts call for hoi ioudaioi to refer to Jewish leaders, not the Jews as a whole. Some have criticized this change from "the Jews" as being untrue to the biblical languages source texts. Others, however, regard this change as bringing the translation closer to the intent of those source texts.

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