RSV

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RSV is a widely used mid-20th-century English translation of the Bible that sought to update archaic language while retaining a traditional literary style.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
RSV canonical 1
RSV-CE 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation ⓘ
English Bible translation ⓘ
abbreviation RSV ⓘ
basedOnTexts Greek New Testament critical editions ⓘ
Hebrew Masoretic Text ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text

Septuagint (for some passages) ⓘ
linked to: Septuagint
catholicEditionPublicationYear 1965 ⓘ
1966 ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin 20th century ⓘ
completeBiblePublicationYear 1952 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizedBy some conservative evangelicals ⓘ
derivedFrom American Standard Version ⓘ
King James Version ⓘ
ecumenicalSponsorship National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA ⓘ
fullName Revised Standard Version ⓘ
goal retain traditional literary style ⓘ
update archaic language ⓘ
hasEdition RSV Catholic Edition ⓘ
RSV Expanded Edition ⓘ
RSV Second Catholic Edition ⓘ
includes Apocrypha ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
influenced English Standard Version ⓘ
New Revised Standard Version ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle traditional ⓘ
newTestamentPublicationYear 1946 ⓘ
1952 ⓘ
notableFeature retention of traditional biblical phrasing with updated vocabulary ⓘ
oldTestamentPublicationYear 1952 ⓘ
praisedFor literary quality ⓘ
scholarly accuracy ⓘ
publisher National Council of Churches ⓘ
Thomas Nelson ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
successor New Revised Standard Version ⓘ
targetAudience English-speaking Christians ⓘ
translationType formal equivalence ⓘ
usedBy Anglican churches ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion

Catholic churches ⓘ
Protestant churches ⓘ
usedIn academic biblical studies ⓘ
liturgical readings ⓘ
personal Bible study ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.