Renowned for its beautiful balance of scholarship and readability and vetted by Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, and Jewish scholars, the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) faithfully serves the church in personal spiritual formation, in the liturgy, and in the academy.
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- New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) with Apocrypha
- New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) with Apocrypha
- New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
- New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
We’re grateful to Rev. Susanne Priddy, lead pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church, Durham, NC, for partnering with the Zondervan NRSV Comfort Print® Bible campaign in helping people better engage the Bible.
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See other posts in this series:
- NRSV: God’s Word and Future Generations
- NRSV: How a Close Scripture Reading Informs Social Action
- NRSV: How the Liturgy Deepens Your Affection for Scripture
- NRSV: Cultivating Bible Reading Habits
- NRSV: How the Gospel Informs Social Action
From the NRSV Website
The NRSV is the only Bible translation that is as widely ecumenical:
- The ecumenical NRSV Bible Translation Committee consists of men and women who are among the top scholars in America today. They come from Protestant denominations, the Roman Catholic church, and the Greek Orthodox Church. The committee also includes a Jewish scholar.
- The RSV was the only major translation in English that included both the standard Protestant canon and the books that are traditionally used by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians (the so-called “Apocryphal” or “Deuterocanonical” books). Standing in this tradition, the NRSV is available in three ecumenical formats: a standard edition with or without the Apocrypha, a Roman Catholic Edition, which has the so-called “Apocryphal” or “Deuterocanonical” books in the Roman Catholic canonical order, and The Common Bible, which includes all books that belong to the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox canons.
- The NRSV stands out among the many translations available today as the Bible translation that is the most widely “authorized” by the churches. It received the endorsement of thirty-three Protestant churches. It received the imprimatur of the American and Canadian Conferences of Catholic Bishops. And it received the blessing of a leader of the Greek Orthodox Church.
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