English Revised Version

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The English Revised Version is a late 19th-century British revision of the King James Bible that modernized its language and textual basis, influencing later translations such as the American Standard Version.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation ⓘ
English-language Bible ⓘ
abbreviation RV ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Revised Version ⓘ
authorizedBy Church of England ⓘ
Convocation of Canterbury ⓘ
Convocation of York ⓘ
basedOn King James Version ⓘ
completeBiblePublicationYear 1885 ⓘ
contains Apocrypha (in some editions) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
denominationalUse Anglican ⓘ
Protestant ⓘ
editorialLeadershipNewTestament Brooke Foss Westcott ⓘ
Fenton John Anthony Hort ⓘ
editorialLeadershipOldTestament Charles John Ellicott ⓘ
Samuel Rolles Driver ⓘ
followedBy American Standard Version ⓘ
Revised Standard Version (indirectly) ⓘ
genre religious text ⓘ
influenced 20th-century English Bible translations ⓘ
American Standard Version ⓘ
Revised Version with Apocrypha editions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
liturgicalUse used in some Anglican churches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
newTestamentPublicationYear 1881 ⓘ
notableFeature incorporates readings from newly available Greek manuscripts ⓘ
retains much of the King James Version style ⓘ
updates archaic vocabulary and grammar ⓘ
uses marginal notes for alternative readings ⓘ
oldTestamentPublicationYear 1885 ⓘ
precededBy King James Version ⓘ
publicationPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
publisherRegion Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain
purpose to modernize archaic English of the King James Version ⓘ
to revise the King James Version in light of better manuscripts ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
subject Bible ⓘ
testamentCoverage New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
textualBasisNewTestament Textus Receptus (consulted) ⓘ
linked to: Textus Receptus

Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament ⓘ
textualBasisOldTestament Masoretic Text ⓘ
translationPhilosophy formal equivalence ⓘ
translationType committee translation ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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American Standard Version → derivedFrom → English Revised Version ⓘ
Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament → influenced → English Revised Version New Testament ⓘ
linked to: English Revised Version
The New Testament in the Original Greek → influenced → English Revised Version of the Bible ⓘ
linked to: English Revised Version
Revised Version of the Bible → alsoKnownAs → English Revised Version ⓘ
ASV → derivedFrom → English Revised Version ⓘ
American Revision Committee → basedOn → English Revised Version ⓘ
American Standard Revision Committee → influencedBy → English Revised Version committee ⓘ
linked to: English Revised Version