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 (6)

Label	Occurrences
Revised Standard Version canonical	6
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	2
Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version	1
Revised Standard Version of the Bible	1
Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha	1
Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition	1

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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fullName	Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Revised Standard Version of the Bible
genre	religious text ⓘ
hasEdition	Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition
includes	Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ surface form: Apocrypha New Testament ⓘ Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
influenced	Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Catholic Edition of the 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 Churches ⓘ surface form: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
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	Bible ⓘ surface form: Old and New Testaments
sponsor	National Council of Churches ⓘ surface form: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
style	literary ⓘ reverent ⓘ
subject	Bible ⓘ
targetAudience	churches ⓘ general English-speaking readers ⓘ
translationCommitteeLocation	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
translationType	formal equivalence ⓘ
usesTextualBasisNewTestament	critical Greek text ⓘ
usesTextualBasisOldTestament	Masorah ⓘ surface form: Masoretic Text

Referenced by (12)

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revised Standard Version of the Bible

Revised Standard Version → influenced → Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version

Revised Standard Version → hasEdition → Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Revised Standard Version → hasEdition → Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition

Revised Standard Version → hasEdition → Revised Standard Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha

Catholic study Bible → mayUseTranslation → Revised Standard Version ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

RSV → fullName → Revised Standard Version ⓘ

American Standard Version → influenced → Revised Standard Version ⓘ

American Standard Version → followedBy → Revised Standard Version ⓘ