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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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TheNew Revised Standard Version(NRSV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published in 1989 by theNational Council of Churches,[8]the NRSV was created by anecumenicalcommittee of scholars "comprising about thirty members".[9]The NRSV relies on recently publishedcritical editionsof the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. A major revision, theNew Revised Standard Version Updated Edition(NRSVue), was released in 2021.

Used broadly amongbiblical 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 theKing James Versionhas been continued in theRevised Standard Versionand in the New Revised Standard Version.[8][12]The full 84 book translation includes the Protestant enumeration of theOld Testament,theApocrypha,and theNew Testament;another version of the NRSVincludes thedeuterocanonical booksas part of the Old Testament, which is normative in the canon ofRoman 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) aRoman Catholic Editionwith all the books of that canon in their customary order, and (3) theCommon Bible,which includes the books that appear in Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox canons (but not additional books fromOriental Orthodoxtraditions, including the Syriac andEthiopiancanons).[14]A special edition of the NRSV, called the "Anglicized Edition", employs British English spelling and grammar instead of American English.[15]

History

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The New Revised Standard Version was translated by the Division of Christian Education (now Bible Translation and Utilization) of theNational Council of Churchesin the United States. The group included scholars representing Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christian groups as well asJewishrepresentation in the group responsible for theHebrew Scripturesor Old Testament. The mandate given the committee was summarized in a dictum: "As literal as possible, as free as necessary."[14]

Committee of translators

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The following scholars were active on the NRSV Committee of translators at the time of publication.[14]

Principles of revision

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Improved manuscripts and translations

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TheOld Testamenttranslation of the RSV was completed before theDead Sea Scrollswere available to scholars. The NRSV was intended to take advantage of this and other manuscript discoveries, and to reflect advances in scholarship.[8]

Gender language

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In the preface to the NRSVBruce Metzgerwrote for the committee that "many in the churches have become sensitive to the danger of linguistic sexism arising from the inherent bias of the English language towards the masculine gender, a bias that in the case of the Bible has often restricted or obscured the meaning of the original text".[8]The RSV observed the older convention of using masculine nouns in a gender-neutral sense (e.g., "man" instead of "person" ), and in some cases used a masculine word where the source language used a neutral word. This move has been widely criticised by some, including within the Catholic Church, and continues to be a point of contention today. The NRSV by contrast adopted a policy ofinclusiveness in gender language.[8]According to Metzger, "The mandates from the Division specified that, in references to men and women, masculine-oriented language should be eliminated as far as this can be done without altering passages that reflect the historical situation of ancientpatriarchalculture. "[8]

Reception

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Manymainline Protestantchurches officially approve the NRSV for both private and public use.The Episcopal Church(United States) in Canon II.2 added the NRSV to the list of translations approved for church services. It is also widely used by theUnited Methodist Church,theEvangelical Lutheran Church in America,theChristian Church (Disciples of Christ),thePresbyterian Church (USA),thePresbyterian Church in Canada,[16]theUnited Church of Christ,theReformed Church in America,theUnited Church of Canada,and theUniting Church in Australia.

In accordance with the1983 Code of Canon Law,Canon825.1, the NRSV with the deuterocanonical books received theImprimaturof theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishopsand theCanadian Conference of Catholic Bishops,[17]meaning that the NRSV (Catholic Edition) is officially approved by theCatholic Churchand can be profitably used by Catholics in private study and devotional reading. TheNew Revised Standard Version, Catholic Editionalso has theimprimatur,granted on 12 September 1991 and 15 October 1991, respectively. For public worship, such as atweekly Mass,mostCatholic Bishops' Conferencesin English-speaking countries require the use of other translations, either the adaptedNew American Biblein the dioceses of theUnited Statesand thePhilippinesor theEnglish Standard VersionandRevised New Jerusalem Biblein most of the rest of the English-speaking world.[18][19]However, the Canadian conference and the Vatican approved a modification of the NRSV for lectionary use in 2008.[20]The NRSV, along with theRevised Standard Version,is also quoted in several places in the English-language edition of theCatechism of the Catholic Church,the latter of which summarizes Catholic doctrine and belief in written form.

In 1990 thesynodof theOrthodox Church in Americadecided not to permit use of the NRSV in liturgy or in Bible studies on the grounds that it is highly "divergent from the Holy Scriptures traditionally read aloud in the sacred services of the Church."[21]

NRSV Catholic Edition (NRSV-CE)

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TheNew Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition(NRSV-CE) is an edition of the NRSV for Catholics. It contains all thecanonical books of Scriptureaccepted by the Catholic Church arranged in the traditional Catholic order. Because of the presence of Catholic scholars on the original NRSV translation team, no other changes to the text were needed.[22]

An Anglicized Text form of the NRSV-CE, embodying the preferences of users ofBritish English,is also available from various publishers.

Liturgical use and approval

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The NRSV-CE received theimprimaturof theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishopsand theCanadian Conference of Catholic Bishopsin 1991, granting official approval for Catholic use in private study and devotional reading.

In 2007, the Canadian conference and the Vatican approved a modification of the NRSV for lectionary use beginning the following year.[23]The NRSV-CE, along with theRevised Standard Version(RSV), is also one of the texts adapted and quoted in the English-language edition of theCatechism of the Catholic Church.[24]

NRSV Updated Edition (NRSVue)

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New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
AbbreviationNRSVue
Complete Bible
published		2021
Derived fromNew Revised Standard Version
Textual basis
Translation typeFormal equivalence[5]
Reading levelHigh school
PublisherNational Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
CopyrightNew Revised Standard Version Updated Edition,copyright © 2021 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Religious affiliationProtestant[5][d]
Webpagewww.friendshippress.org/pages/about-the-nrsvue
Genesis 1:1–3
When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was complete chaos, 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.

TheNew Revised Standard Version Updated Edition(NRSVue) is a major revision of the NRSV. A three-year process of reviewing and updating the text of the NRSV was announced at the 2017 Annual Meeting of theSociety of Biblical Literature.[29]The update was managed by the SBL following an agreement with the copyright-holding NCC. The stated focuses of the review are incorporating advances in textual criticism since the 1989 publication of the NRSV, improving the textual notes, and reviewing the style and rendering of the translation. A team of more than fifty scholars, led by an editorial board, is responsible for the review.[30]It was released for digital purchase on December 25, 2021, with the first print editions following in 2022.[31]As of July 2024, the NCC has submitted the NRSVue for review byUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishopswith a request for animprimatur.[32]

Study editions

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  • The Harper Study Bible(Zondervan,1991,ISBN0-310-90203-7)
  • NRSV Reference Bible with the Apocrypha(Zondervan, 1993,ISBN0-310-90227-4)
  • NRSV Student Bible(Zondervan, 1996,ISBN0310926823)
  • The Cambridge Annotated Study Bible(Cambridge University Press,1993,ISBN0-521-50777-4)
  • The HarperCollins Study Bible with Apocrypha(Society of Biblical Literature,1997,ISBN0-06-065527-5)
  • The Access Bible with Apocrypha(Oxford University Press,1999,ISBN0-19-528217-5)
  • The Spiritual Formation Bible(Zondervan, 1999,ISBN0-310-90089-1)
  • TheNew Interpreter's Study Biblewith Apocrypha(United Methodist Publishing House,2003,ISBN0-687-27832-5)
  • The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised & Updated(HarperOne,2006,ISBN978-0060786854)
  • The Green Bible(HarperOne, 2008,ISBN978-0061951121)
  • The Discipleship Study Bible(Westminster John Knox,2008,ISBN978-0664223717)
  • The Life with God Bible(Renovaré,2009,ISBN978-0061627644)
  • Lutheran Study Bible(Augsburg Fortress,2009,ISBN978-0806680590)
  • The Wesley Study Bible(United Methodist Publishing House, 2009,ISBN978-0-687-64503-9)
  • The Guidebook: The NRSV Student Bible(Zondervan, 2012,ISBN978-0061988189)
  • The Jewish Annotated New Testament,2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2017,ISBN978-0190461850)
  • TheNew Oxford Annotated Biblewith Apocrypha,5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2018,ISBN978-0190276072)
  • NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible(Zondervan, 2019,ISBN978-0310452683)
  • Baylor Annotated Study Bible(Baylor University Press,2019,ISBN978-1481308250)
  • The Word on Fire Bible,7 volumes (Word on Fire,2020–ongoing)
  • The SBL Study Bible with Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books(HarperOne, 2023,ISBN978-0062969439)

Canon

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The New Revised Standard Version is available in an 84-book Ecumenical Bible that includes the Old Testament, Apocrypha and New Testament; a 66-book Protestant Bible that only includes the Old Testament and New Testament; and a 73-bookCatholic editioncontaining the Catholic enumeration of the Old Testament and the New Testament.[13][14][33]A third edition incorporates the Eastern Orthodox canon.[citation needed]

Notes

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  1. ^The translation teams had preliminary access to "changes to be introduced into the critical apparatus of the... 4th edition. "[4]
  2. ^See the section regarding theNRSV Updated Edition (NRSVue).
  3. ^Primarily associated withmainline Protestantism,the New Revised Standard Version features the work of "translation teams" that are "both ecumenical and interfaith,"[6]consisting of "scholars affiliated with various Protestant denominations, as well as several Roman Catholic members, an Eastern Orthodox member, and a Jewish member who serves in the Old Testament section."[7]
  4. ^Primarily associated withmainline Protestantism,the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition features the work of "translation teams" that are "both ecumenical and interfaith," having developed the NRSVue as "a Bible produced by consensus that can be used among and across pluralistic communities in contexts both academic and religious."[28]

References

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  1. ^NRSV Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2004. pp. vii–viii.ISBN978-1-56563-495-4.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  2. ^NRSV Pew Bible with the Apocrypha.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2005. p. viii.ISBN978-1-56563-739-9.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  3. ^NRSV Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2004. p. viii.ISBN978-1-56563-495-4.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  4. ^NRSV Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2004. p. viii.ISBN978-1-56563-495-4.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  5. ^abcd"Bible Translation Spectrum".Logos Bible Software Wiki.Archivedfrom the original on January 7, 2023.RetrievedJanuary 7,2023.
  6. ^NRSV Updated Edition Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2022. p. xi.ISBN978-1-4964-7210-6.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  7. ^NRSV Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2004. p. vii.ISBN978-1-56563-495-4.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  8. ^abcdefPreface to the NRSVArchived2010-02-06 at theWayback Machinefrom theNational Council of Churcheswebsite
  9. ^NRSV Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2004. p. vii.ISBN978-1-56563-495-4.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  10. ^"Endorsements".NRSV: The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.Archived fromthe originalon June 9, 2017.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  11. ^abBertone, John (1 September 2016).Finding God in Scripture.Wipf and Stock Publishers.ISBN978-1-5326-0475-1.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.ISBN978-0-8146-3587-2.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. ^ab"New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha (NRSA)".Bible Study Tools.Retrieved30 May2022.
  14. ^abcde"New Revised Standard Version - Home".Marketing Pages.Retrieved2019-12-07.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
  16. ^"PCC Writer's Style Guide"(PDF).Presbyterian Church in Canada – Life and Mission Agency. November 2009. p. 19.Retrieved2020-11-05.The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) is the official Bible standard for The Presbyterian Church in Canada.
  17. ^The Go-Anywhere Thinline Bible Catholic Edition New Revised Standard Version.HarperOne. 2011. p. ix.ISBN978-0062048363....and an edition of the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books placed between the two Testaments. The text of the latter edition received the Imprimatur (official approbation) of the United States and Canadian Catholic Bishops.
  18. ^"A New Lectionary for Scotland".Scottish Catholic Media Office.July 24, 2020. Archived fromthe originalon January 7, 2021.RetrievedJanuary 7,2021.
  19. ^"New Zealand helps with new lectionary project".www.cathnews.co.nz.2021-05-10.Retrieved2021-11-03.
  20. ^Swan, Michael (September 5, 2007)."NRSV Bible gets Vatican recognition".The Catholic Register.
  21. ^Bishop Tikhon (Fitzgerald)."Bishop's Pastoral Letter on the New Revised Standard Version".Retrieved2007-04-22.
  22. ^The Go-Anywhere Thinline Bible Catholic Edition New Revised Standard Version.HarperOne. February 1, 2011. pp. ix–x.ISBN978-0062048363....Because of this Catholic presence no change in the translation was requested for this edition. The only exceptions are the Book of Esther, which exists in two different forms that are explained below, and the Book of Daniel, which includes the deuterocanonical portions that are listed below...In this Catholic edition, however, the translation of the Greek portions [of Esther] has been inserted at the appropriate places of the translation of the Hebrew form of the book.
  23. ^"Revised lectionary approved for Canada".Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. August 24, 2007. Archived fromthe originalon September 23, 2015.RetrievedSeptember 3,2015.
  24. ^Altemose, Charlene (1994).What You Should Know about the Catechism of the Catholic Church.Liguori Publications. p. 37.ISBN9780892436477.The Revised Standard Version(RSV) andThe New Revised Standard Version(NRSV) are the editions of the Bible used in theCatechism.
  25. ^NRSV Updated Edition Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2022. p. x.ISBN978-1-4964-7210-6.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  26. ^NRSV Updated Edition Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2022. pp. x–xi.ISBN978-1-4964-7210-6.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  27. ^NRSV Updated Edition Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2022. p. xi.ISBN978-1-4964-7210-6.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  28. ^NRSV Updated Edition Pew Bible.Peabody, MA:Hendrickson Publishers.2022. pp. xi–xii.ISBN978-1-4964-7210-6.Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 10,2023.
  29. ^"SBL to Provide a Review and Update to the New Revised Standard Version"(PDF).SBL Society Report.2017. p. 7.
  30. ^"FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF BREADCRUMBS FOR THE UPCOMING NRSV REVISION".Catholic Bible Talk.2019.
  31. ^"NRSV Updated Edition".
  32. ^"NCC HAS APPLIED FOR IMPRIMATUR ON NRSVUE".Catholic Bible Talk.2024-07-27.[better source needed]
  33. ^"New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition".Archivedfrom the original on 2021-07-26.Retrieved2021-07-26.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.
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