Revised Standard Version

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the Revised Standard Version

  1. (biblical, Christianity) 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.
    • 1996, Elton Jones, Which Bible?[1], page 40:
      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.