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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation committee
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scholarly committee ⓘ |
| activityPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| basedOn | English Revised Version NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition | American biblical scholars ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| denominationContext | interdenominational Protestant ⓘ |
| editorialPrinciples |
close adherence to original Hebrew and Greek texts
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minimal alteration of the Revised Version text ⓘ |
| field |
Bible translation
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biblical scholarship ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| goal |
to produce an American edition of the Revised Version
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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
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New American Standard Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Revised Standard Version NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Benjamin B. Warfield
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Charles A. Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ George E. Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Osgood NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Schaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | American Standard Version NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productAbbreviation | ASV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productAlternativeName |
American Standard Bible
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Standard American Edition of the Revised Version NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productLanguageVariant | American English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productPublicationDate | 1901 ⓘ |
| productTitle | American Standard Version of the Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliationOfMembers | various Protestant denominations ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | production of the American Standard Version ⓘ |
| translationPhilosophy | formal equivalence ⓘ |
| translationType | revision of the King James Version ⓘ |
| usedSourceText |
Masoretic Text for the Old Testament
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Textus Receptus and critical Greek texts for the New Testament ⓘ |
| workFocus |
Christian Bible
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New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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