Feb 27, 2011 -- 1:19PM, BetteTheRedde wrote:

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned The Inclusive Bible. It self-describes as "the first egalitarian translation". Translated by a committee of Jesuits, whose formidable intellect always alerts my interest, the Priests for Equality have done a masterful job.

Although it's a Catholic Bible (and hence has the deutero-Canonical material which isn't used in the Protestant church), it attempts (very successfully, IMO) to be as inclusive as of many groups/isms as possible. To the point in one very specific case, in Ruth, when the women of Jerusalem tell Naomi that Ruth is worth more to her than seven sons, it is translated as "seven children", which rather misses the point that, in that culture, any daughter (in-law) was in fact a liability requiring a bride price, while every son increased a parent's net worth.

Bette, thanks for sharing.  I had never heard of The Inclusive Bible.