Revised Standard Version

proper noun

An English translation of the Bible published in 1952 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, based on the earlier American Standard Version.

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proper nounthe Revised Standard Version
  1. ChristianityAn English translation of the Bible published in 1952 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, based on the earlier American Standard Version.

    Since the Revised Standard Version only claims to be a revision of the American Standard Version the sources and background of which are quite fully discussed under the heading of "Revisions" in a previous chapter it is not further discussed here.

    1996, Elton Jones, Which Bible?, page 40
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