American Revision Committee

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The American Revision Committee was a group of American biblical scholars responsible for producing the American Standard Version of the Bible in the early 20th century.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
American Revision Committee canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation committee ⓘ
scholarly committee ⓘ
activityPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
basedOn English Revised Version ⓘ
composition American biblical scholars ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
denominationContext interdenominational Protestant ⓘ
editorialPrinciples close adherence to original Hebrew and Greek texts ⓘ
minimal alteration of the Revised Version text ⓘ
field Bible translation ⓘ
biblical scholarship ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
goal to produce an American edition of the Revised Version ⓘ
to update the King James Version in American English ⓘ
historicalSignificance produced one of the first major American standard Bible translations ⓘ
influenced English Bible translation in the 20th century ⓘ
New American Standard Bible ⓘ
Revised Standard Version ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableMember Benjamin B. Warfield ⓘ
linked to: B. B. Warfield

Charles A. Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
George E. Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
Howard Osgood ⓘ
Philip Schaff ⓘ
notableWork American Standard Version ⓘ
productAbbreviation ASV ⓘ
productAlternativeName American Standard Bible ⓘ
Standard American Edition of the Revised Version ⓘ
productLanguageVariant American English ⓘ
productPublicationDate 1901 ⓘ
productTitle American Standard Version of the Bible ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
religiousAffiliationOfMembers various Protestant denominations ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestant Christianity ⓘ
responsibleFor production of the American Standard Version ⓘ
translationPhilosophy formal equivalence ⓘ
translationType revision of the King James Version ⓘ
usedSourceText Masoretic Text for the Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text

Textus Receptus and critical Greek texts for the New Testament ⓘ
workFocus Christian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible

New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ

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

American Standard Version → commissionedBy → American Revision Committee ⓘ
ASV → editingBody → American Revision Committee ⓘ