Revised Standard Version

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Bible translation English Bible translation

The Revised Standard Version is a mid-20th-century English translation of the Bible that sought to update the language of the King James Version while maintaining its literary quality and broad church acceptance.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Revised Standard Version canonical	14
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	3
Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version	1
Revised Standard Version (indirectly)	1
Revised Standard Version New Testament	1
Revised Standard Version of the Bible	1
Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha	1
Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T331707 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Revised Standard Version
Context triple: [New Revised Standard Version, basedOn, Revised Standard Version]

A. New Revised Standard Version
The New Revised Standard Version is a widely respected modern English translation of the Bible known for its scholarly accuracy and inclusive language.
B. King James Version
The King James Version is a landmark 17th-century English translation of the Christian Bible renowned for its majestic prose and lasting influence on English literature and religious practice.
C. Douay–Rheims Bible
The Douay–Rheims Bible is an early English translation of the Latin Vulgate produced by English Catholics in exile during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
D. New King James Version
The New King James Version is a modern English translation of the Bible that updates the language of the King James Version while aiming to preserve its literary style and accuracy.
E. English Standard Version
The English Standard Version is a modern, essentially literal English translation of the Bible widely used in evangelical Christian churches and scholarship.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Revised Standard Version
Target entity description: The Revised Standard Version is a mid-20th-century English translation of the Bible that sought to update the language of the King James Version while maintaining its literary quality and broad church acceptance.

A. New Revised Standard Version
The New Revised Standard Version is a widely respected modern English translation of the Bible known for its scholarly accuracy and inclusive language.
B. King James Version
The King James Version is a landmark 17th-century English translation of the Christian Bible renowned for its majestic prose and lasting influence on English literature and religious practice.
C. Douay–Rheims Bible
The Douay–Rheims Bible is an early English translation of the Latin Vulgate produced by English Catholics in exile during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
D. New King James Version
The New King James Version is a modern English translation of the Bible that updates the language of the King James Version while aiming to preserve its literary style and accuracy.
E. English Standard Version
The English Standard Version is a modern, essentially literal English translation of the Bible widely used in evangelical Christian churches and scholarship.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible translation ⓘ English Bible translation ⓘ
abbreviation	RSV ⓘ
apocryphaPublicationYear	1957 ⓘ
basedOn	American Standard Version ⓘ King James Version ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin	20th century ⓘ
completeBiblePublicationYear	1952 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fullName	Revised Standard Version of the Bible ⓘ linked to: Revised Standard Version
genre	religious text ⓘ
hasEdition	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition ⓘ linked to: Revised Standard Version Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha ⓘ linked to: Revised Standard Version Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition ⓘ linked to: Revised Standard Version
includes	Apocrypha ⓘ linked to: Apocrypha (in early editions) New Testament ⓘ Old Testament ⓘ linked to: Bible
influenced	Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version ⓘ linked to: Revised Standard Version English Standard Version ⓘ New Revised Standard Version ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
newTestamentFirstPublicationYear	1946 ⓘ 1947 ⓘ
notableFeature	modernizes archaic English pronouns and verb forms ⓘ retains much traditional biblical phrasing ⓘ widely used in mid-20th-century American Protestantism ⓘ
oldTestamentPublicationYear	1952 ⓘ
publisher	National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA ⓘ linked to: National Council of Churches
purpose	to achieve broad church acceptance ⓘ to maintain the literary quality of the King James Version ⓘ to update the language of the King James Version ⓘ
religiousDenominationUse	Anglican churches ⓘ Lutheran churches ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ Presbyterian churches ⓘ Protestant churches ⓘ some Roman Catholic contexts ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
revisionOf	American Standard Version ⓘ
scriptureType	Old and New Testaments ⓘ linked to: Bible
sponsor	National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA ⓘ linked to: National Council of Churches
style	literary ⓘ reverent ⓘ
subject	Bible ⓘ
targetAudience	churches ⓘ general English-speaking readers ⓘ
translationCommitteeLocation	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
translationType	formal equivalence ⓘ
usesTextualBasisNewTestament	critical Greek text ⓘ
usesTextualBasisOldTestament	Masoretic Text ⓘ linked to: Masorah

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

New Revised Standard Version → basedOn → Revised Standard Version ⓘ

English Standard Version → basedOn → Revised Standard Version ⓘ

NRSVue → predecessor → Revised Standard Version ⓘ

Revised Standard Version → fullName → Revised Standard Version of the Bible ⓘ