New American Standard Bible

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The New American Standard Bible is a modern English translation of the Bible known for its formal equivalence (word-for-word) translation philosophy and widespread use in evangelical Christian study and teaching.

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New American Standard Bible canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation
Christian Bible
English Bible translation
abbreviation NASB NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs NASV NERFINISHED
New American Standard Version NERFINISHED
basedOn American Standard Version NERFINISHED
completeBibleFirstPublished 1971
contains New Testament NERFINISHED
Old Testament NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
digitalAvailability available in Bible software
available on Bible websites
doctrineStance generally conservative evangelical
firstPublicationYear 1971
genre religious text
hasEdition NASB 1977 NERFINISHED
NASB 1995 NERFINISHED
NASB 2020 NERFINISHED
includes alternate translations in margins
footnotes on literal renderings
marginal notes
influencedBy American Standard Version language style
King James Version NERFINISHED
language English
marketedAs most literal English Bible translation
newTestamentFirstPublished 1963
notedFor closeness to original languages
extensive cross-references
high degree of literalness
use in evangelical seminaries
verse-by-verse formatting
publisher The Lockman Foundation NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
revision 1977 edition
1995 update
2020 update
subject Biblical studies
Christian theology NERFINISHED
targetAudience evangelical Christians
textualBasisNewTestament Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament NERFINISHED
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament NERFINISHED
textualBasisOldTestament Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia NERFINISHED
translationApproach conservative
literal
translationPhilosophy formal equivalence
word-for-word translation
use Bible study
academic study
expository preaching

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Westcott and Hort text influenced New American Standard Bible
American Standard Version influenced New American Standard Bible
American Standard Version followedBy New American Standard Bible