In this video I explain 3 translation problems with the ESV. The problems reveal a consistent strategy that obscures meaning of texts with women in leadership or texts that could be used to support women in leadership. Thus, the ESV's translation of these passages functions to supports a specific theology of male headship, complementarianism, or patriarchal understandings go Scripture. Yet, when compared to other translations and the Greek and Hebrew originals, these translations are unjustified.
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Witherington, Ben. Biblical Theology: The Convergence of the Canon. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Epp, Eldon Jay. Junia: The First Woman Apostle. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005.
Samuel L Perry, The Bible as a Product of Cultural Power: The Case of Gender Ideology in the English Standard Version, Sociology of Religion, Volume 81, Issue 1, Spring 2020, Pages 68–92,
https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srz022 Arnold, Bill T., and John H. Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
ESV searches performed on Accordance Bible Software.
https://www.accordancebible.com/ Other notable resources
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2021/10/deconstructing-the-esv-a-historians-response-to-kevin-deyoung-et-al/ https://margmowczko.com/tag/esv/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studies/article/abs/a-reexamination-of-romans-167-in-light-of-primary-source-materials/299EA8DE87721790DB9388E42841F0E6 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2016/09/12/the-new-stealth-translation-esv/ https://scotmcknight.substack.com/p/the-cult-of-domesticity-and-translations ESV Resources and Images
https://www.esv.org/ https://www.amazon.com/ESV-Study-Bible-Large-Print/dp/143354413X/ref=sr_1_6?crid=X688264672NR&keywords=ESV+study+bible&qid=1678942950&sprefix=esv+study+bib,aps,190&sr=8-6 https://www.amazon.com/Study-Bible-Large-Print-Burgundy/dp/1433575930/ref=sr_1_38?crid=3IBAPPFQZZIHA&keywords=ESV&qid=1677786558&sprefix=esv%2Caps%2C229&sr=8-38&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.08f69ac3-fd3d-4b88-bca2-8997e41410bb Music
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