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The RSV posed the first serious challenge to the popularity of the KJV, aiming to be a readable and literally accurate modern English translation of the Bible. The intention was not only to create a clearer version of the Bible for the English-speaking church, but also to "preserve all that is best in the English Bible as it has been known and used through the centuries" and "to put the message of the Bible in simple, enduring words that are worthy to stand in the great Tyndale-King James tradition."

The RSV posed the first serious challenge to the popularity of the KJV, aiming to be a readable and literally accurate modern English translation of the Bible. The intention was not only to create a clearer version of the Bible for the English-speaking church, but also to "preserve all that is best in the English Bible as it has been known and used through the centuries" and "to put the message of the Bible in simple, enduring words that are worthy to stand in the great Tyndale-King James tradition."

== Making of the RSV ==

== Making of the RSV ==

== The Apocrypha and the Catholic Edition==

== The Apocrypha and the Catholic Edition==

=== Apocrypha ===

=== Apocrypha ===

In 1957, at the request of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]], the [[Deuterocanonical books]] (called the [[Apocrypha]] by most Protestant Christians) were added to the RSV. Since there was no American Standard Version of the Apocrypha, the RSV Apocrypha was a revision of the [[Revised Version]] Apocrypha of 1894, as well as the King James Version. To make the RSV acceptable to [[Eastern Orthodox]] congregations, an expanded edition of the Apocrypha containing 3 & 4 Maccabees and [[Psalm 151]] was released in 1977.  

In 1957, at the request of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]], the [[Deuterocanonical books]] (called the [[Apocrypha]] by most Protestant Christians) were added to the RSV. Since there was no American Standard Version of the Apocrypha, the RSV Apocrypha was a revision of the [[Revised Version]] Apocrypha of 1894, as well as the King James Version. To make the RSV acceptable to [[Eastern Orthodox]] congregations, an expanded edition of the Apocrypha containing 3 & 4 Maccabees and [[Psalm 151]] was released in 1977.  

=== Catholic Edition ===

=== Catholic Edition ===

In 1965, the [[Catholic Biblical Association]] adapted — under the editorship of Bernard Orchard OSB and [[Reginald C. Fuller]] — the RSV for [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] use with the release of the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. The RSV-Catholic New Testament was published in 1965 and the full RSV-Catholic Bible in 1966. This included revisions up through 1962, along with a small number of new revisions in the New Testament, mostly to return to familiar phrases. In addition, a few footnotes were changed. This edition is currently published and licensed by [[Ignatius Press]]. It contains the [[deuterocanonical]] books of the Old Testament placed in the traditional order of the [[Vulgate]].

In 1965, the [[Catholic Biblical Association]] adapted — under the editorship of Bernard Orchard OSB and [[Reginald C. Fuller]] — the RSV for [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] use with the release of the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. The RSV-Catholic New Testament was published in 1965 and the full RSV-Catholic Bible in 1966. This included revisions up through 1962, along with a small number of new revisions in the New Testament, mostly to return to familiar phrases. In addition, a few footnotes were changed. This edition is currently published and licensed by [[Ignatius Press]]. It contains the [[deuterocanonical]] books of the Old Testament placed in the traditional order of the [[Vulgate]].

=== Reader's Digest Bible ===

=== Reader's Digest Bible ===

 

In 1982, [[Reader's Digest]] published a special edition of the RSV that was billed as a condensed edition of the text. The Reader's Digest edition of the RSV was intended for those who did not read the Bible or who read it infrequently. It was not intended as a replacement of the full RSV text. In this version, 55% of the Old Testament and 25% of the New Testament were cut. Familiar passages such as the [[Lord's Prayer]], [[Psalm 23]] and the [[Ten Commandments]] were retained. For those who wanted the full RSV, Reader's Digest provided a list of publishers that sold the complete RSV at that time.

In 1982, [[Reader's Digest]] published a special edition of the RSV that was billed as a condensed edition of the text. The Reader's Digest edition of the RSV was intended for those who did not read the Bible or who read it infrequently. It was not intended as a replacement of the full RSV text. In this version, 55% of the Old Testament and 25% of the New Testament were cut. Familiar passages such as the [[Lord's Prayer]], [[Psalm 23]] and the [[Ten Commandments]] were retained. For those who wanted the full RSV, Reader's Digest provided a list of publishers that sold the complete RSV at that time.

== Revisions ==

== Revisions ==

=== New Revised Standard Version ===

=== New Revised Standard Version ===

In 1989, the [[National Council of Churches]] released a full-scale revision to the RSV called the New Revised Standard Version. It was the first major version to use gender-neutral language, and thus drew more criticism and ire from conservative Christians than did its 1952 predecessor.

In 1989, the [[National Council of Churches]] released a full-scale revision to the RSV called the New Revised Standard Version. It was the first major version to use gender-neutral language, and thus drew more criticism and ire from conservative Christians than did its 1952 predecessor.

=== English Standard Version ===

=== English Standard Version ===

As an alternative to the NRSV, in 2001, publisher [[Crossway Bibles]] released its own [[evangelicalism|Protestant evangelical]] revision of the RSV called the English Standard Version (ESV). This version was commissioned for the purpose of modifying RSV passages that conservatives had long disputed: e.g., the RSV's Isaiah 7:14 usage of the phrase "young woman" was changed back to "virgin"; and unlike its liberal cousin, it used only a small dose of gender-neutral language.

As an alternative to the NRSV, in 2001, publisher [[Crossway Bibles]] released its own [[evangelicalism|Protestant evangelical]] revision of the RSV called the English Standard Version (ESV). This version was commissioned for the purpose of modifying RSV passages that conservatives had long disputed: e.g., the RSV's Isaiah 7:14 usage of the phrase "young woman" was changed back to "virgin"; and unlike its liberal cousin, it used only a small dose of gender-neutral language.