New Revised Standard Version

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New Revised Standard Version
NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha
AbbreviationNRSV
Complete Bible
published		1989
Derived fromRevised Standard Version (2nd ed., 1971)
Textual basis
Translation typeFormal equivalence[5]
Reading levelHigh school
Version revision2021[b]
PublisherNational Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
CopyrightNew Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Religious affiliationProtestant[5][c]
Genesis 1:1–3
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
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The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published in 1989 by the National Council of Churches,[8] the NRSV was created by an ecumenical committee of scholars "comprising about thirty members".[9] The NRSV relies on recently published critical editions of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. A major revision, the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue), was released in 2021.

Used broadly among biblical scholars,[10][11] the NRSV was intended as a translation to serve the devotional, liturgical, and scholarly needs of the broadest possible range of Christian religious adherents.

The tradition of the King James Version has been continued in the Revised Standard Version and in the New Revised Standard Version.[8][12] The full 84 book translation includes the Protestant enumeration of the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament; another version of the NRSV includes the deuterocanonical books as part of the Old Testament, which is normative in the canon of Roman Catholicism, along with the New Testament (totalling 73 books).[11][13][14]

The translation appears in three main formats: (1) an edition including the Protestant enumeration of the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament (as well an edition that only includes the Protestant enumeration of the Old Testament and New Testament); (2) a Roman Catholic Edition with all the books of that canon in their customary order, and (3) the Common Bible, which includes the books that appear in Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox canons (but not additional books from Oriental Orthodox traditions, including the Syriac and Ethiopian canons).[14] A special edition of the NRSV, called the "Anglicized Edition", employs British English spelling and grammar instead of American English.[15]

  1. ^ NRSV Pew Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2004. pp. vii–viii. ISBN 978-1-56563-495-4. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  2. ^ NRSV Pew Bible with the Apocrypha. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2005. p. viii. ISBN 978-1-56563-739-9. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  3. ^ NRSV Pew Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2004. p. viii. ISBN 978-1-56563-495-4. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  4. ^ NRSV Pew Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2004. p. viii. ISBN 978-1-56563-495-4. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Bible Translation Spectrum". Logos Bible Software Wiki. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  6. ^ NRSV Updated Edition Pew Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2022. p. xi. ISBN 978-1-4964-7210-6. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  7. ^ NRSV Pew Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2004. p. vii. ISBN 978-1-56563-495-4. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Preface to the NRSV Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine from the National Council of Churches website
  9. ^ NRSV Pew Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2004. p. vii. ISBN 978-1-56563-495-4. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  10. ^ "Endorsements". NRSV: The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Archived from the original on June 9, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  11. ^ a b Bertone, John (1 September 2016). Finding God in Scripture. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-5326-0475-1. The NRSV was published in 1989 and is popular among academics and church leaders. It is an ecumenical Bible translation whose committee consists of thirty men and women who are among the top scholars in America today. They come from Protestant denominations, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Greek Orthodox Church. The committee also includes a Jewish scholar. The NRSV is available in three forms: a standard edition with or without the Apocrypha; a Roman Catholic Edition, which includes the so-called "Apocryphal" or "Deuterocanonical" books in the Roman Catholic canonical order; and the Common Bible, which includes all books belonging to the Protestant, Roman Catholic and Orthodox canons.
  12. ^ Durken, Daniel (17 December 2015). New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testament. Liturgical Press. ISBN 978-0-8146-3587-2. The King James tradition was continued in the Revised Version of 1881 and 1885, the Revised Standard Version of 1946 and 1952, and the New Revised Standard Version of 1989.
  13. ^ "New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha (NRSA)". Bible Study Tools. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  14. ^ a b "New Revised Standard Version - Home". Marketing Pages. Retrieved 2019-12-07. Standing in this tradition, the NRSV is available in three ecumenical formats: a standard edition with or without the Apocrypha, a Roman Catholic Edition, which has the so-called "Apocryphal" or "Deuterocanonical" books in the Roman Catholic canonical order, and The Common Bible, which includes all books that belong to the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox canons.
  15. ^ Amazon.co.uk entry for Anglicized NRSV


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