Revised Version of the Bible

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The Revised Version of the Bible is a late 19th-century English revision of the King James Version that sought greater accuracy by incorporating advances in biblical scholarship and newly available Greek and Hebrew manuscripts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Bible translation ⓘ
revision of the King James Version ⓘ
alsoKnownAs English Revised Version ⓘ
Revised Version ⓘ
basedOn King James Version ⓘ
characteristic reflects 19th-century biblical scholarship ⓘ
retains much of the King James Version style ⓘ
updates archaic language of the King James Version ⓘ
commissionedBy Convocation of Canterbury ⓘ
Convocation of York ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
denominationalContext Church of England ⓘ
distribution also in the United States ⓘ
primarily in the United Kingdom ⓘ
editorialBody British revision committee ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
firstPublicationYearApocrypha 1895 ⓘ
firstPublicationYearNewTestament 1881 ⓘ
firstPublicationYearOldTestament 1885 ⓘ
historicalSignificance first officially authorized revision of the King James Version in Britain ⓘ
influenced American Standard Version ⓘ
English Standard Version ⓘ
New American Standard Bible ⓘ
Revised Standard Version ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableEditor Brooke Foss Westcott ⓘ
Charles John Ellicott ⓘ
Fenton John Anthony Hort ⓘ
Samuel Wilberforce ⓘ
publicationPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
purpose to incorporate advances in biblical scholarship ⓘ
to provide a more accurate English Bible translation ⓘ
to use newly available Greek manuscripts ⓘ
to use newly available Hebrew manuscripts ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestant ⓘ
religiousUse used in Anglican churches ⓘ
used in some Protestant denominations ⓘ
sourceLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew

Koine Greek ⓘ
testamentCoverage Apocrypha ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
textualFeature includes marginal notes on variant readings ⓘ
uses paragraph formatting more extensively than KJV ⓘ
translationPhilosophy formal equivalence ⓘ
translationType revision ⓘ
usesTextualBasis Masoretic Text for Old Testament ⓘ
critical Greek New Testament texts ⓘ

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Westcott and Hort text → influenced → Revised Version of the Bible ⓘ
American Standard Version → alsoKnownAs → American Revision of the Bible ⓘ
linked to: Revised Version of the Bible
Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament → influenced → Revised Version of the Bible ⓘ
English Revised Version → influenced → Revised Version with Apocrypha editions ⓘ
linked to: Revised Version of the Bible