Comments on: There’s a Female Apostle in Romans 16 http://www.christianegalitarians.org/archives/8 Evangelicals for Gender Equality Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:46:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: CT http://www.christianegalitarians.org/archives/8#comment-2 Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:15:00 +0000 http://www.christianegalitarians.org/archives/8#comment-2 According to the Dennis Preato article, Bible translators are divided on how they interpret <I>Iounian</I>. The ASV, NASB, NIV, TEV, AND NAB prefer Junias; the KJV, NRSV, NKJV, NCV, AND REB prefer Junia. Some versions footnote "Julia." Yet before AD 1300 there didn't seem to be much question that this individual was a woman. Has a masculine bias crept into Bible translations? According to the Dennis Preato article, Bible translators are divided on how they interpret Iounian. The ASV, NASB, NIV, TEV, AND NAB prefer Junias; the KJV, NRSV, NKJV, NCV, AND REB prefer Junia. Some versions footnote “Julia.” Yet before AD 1300 there didn’t seem to be much question that this individual was a woman. Has a masculine bias crept into Bible translations?

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