(Tim) More on this later, but so you can get started: here's Doug Moo's justification for the bowdlerization he and his colleagues have perpetrated on the text of Scripture in the area of "gender language." It's the PDF summary of research Collins produced that had been purchased by the Committee on Bible Translation, and you'll see Collins waxes elephant on the subject--55 pages, including lots of pictures. Hee-haw!
