Revised Version of the Bible

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English Bible translation revision of the King James Version

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
American Revision of the Bible	1
Revised Version of the Bible canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English Bible translation ⓘ revision of the King James Version ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	English Revised Version NERFINISHED ⓘ Revised Version NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	King James Version NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Convocation of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
denominationalContext	Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
distribution	also in the United States ⓘ primarily in the United Kingdom ⓘ
editorialBody	British revision committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ English Standard Version NERFINISHED ⓘ New American Standard Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Revised Standard Version NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableEditor	Brooke Foss Westcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles John Ellicott NERFINISHED ⓘ Fenton John Anthony Hort NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Wilberforce NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ
testamentCoverage	Apocrypha NERFINISHED ⓘ New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Westcott and Hort text → influenced → Revised Version of the Bible ⓘ

American Standard Version → alsoKnownAs → Revised Version of the Bible ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Revision of the Bible