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| | The most common criticism the RSV received was in respect to [[Isaiah (Biblical book)|Isaiah]] 7:14 where they rendered the word [[almah]] as 'young woman' rather than 'virgin'. (In the Greek [[Septuagint]], the Greek word is clearly virgin.) | | The most common criticism the RSV received was in respect to [[Isaiah (Biblical book)|Isaiah]] 7:14 where they rendered the word [[almah]] as 'young woman' rather than 'virgin'. (In the Greek [[Septuagint]], the Greek word is clearly virgin.) |
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| − | The RSV was itself revised in 1990, forming the [[New Revised Standard Version]], which also translates [[almah]] as 'young woman' rather than 'virgin', but with a lengthy footnote explaining its reason and reiterating that [[Mary]] was a virgin at the conception of [[Jesus]]. | + | The RSV was itself revised in 1990, forming the [[New Revised Standard Version]], which also translates [[almah]] as 'young woman' rather than 'virgin', but with a lengthy footnote explaining its reason and reiterating that [[Mary]] was a virgin at the conception of [[Jesus]] |
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| | + | == Oxford College Edition == |
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| | + | The Oxford College Edition of the Revised Standard Version is the epitome of [[liberal denial]] in its introduction to each book of the [[New Testament]]. Apparently there was not a vigilant [[conservative]] editor to object to how the commentary denies an early date to each book and instead estimates as late a date of composition as can be plausibly imagined, while typically also denying that the named author really composed it. |
| | ==Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition RSVCE== | | ==Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition RSVCE== |
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| | The RSVCE (also called the ''Ignatius Bible'') is an edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible prepared for the use of Catholics by a committee of the Catholic Biblical Association of Great Britain. It is published with ecclesiastical approval and by agreement with the Standard Bible Committee and the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.<ref>Introduction, The Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. The Catholic Edition of the New Testament, copyright 1965. The Catholic Edition of the Old Testament, incorporating the Apocrypha c. 1966 by Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Published by Thomas Nelson Publishers for Ignatius Press. ISBN case bound 0-89870-490-1 ISBN paperback 0-898870-491-X</ref> | | The RSVCE (also called the ''Ignatius Bible'') is an edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible prepared for the use of Catholics by a committee of the Catholic Biblical Association of Great Britain. It is published with ecclesiastical approval and by agreement with the Standard Bible Committee and the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.<ref>Introduction, The Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. The Catholic Edition of the New Testament, copyright 1965. The Catholic Edition of the Old Testament, incorporating the Apocrypha c. 1966 by Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Published by Thomas Nelson Publishers for Ignatius Press. ISBN case bound 0-89870-490-1 ISBN paperback 0-898870-491-X</ref> |
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| | ==External links == | | ==External links == |
| | *[http://www.bible-researcher.com/rsv.html Bible-Researcher] | | *[http://www.bible-researcher.com/rsv.html Bible-Researcher] |
| | *[http://etext.virginia.edu/rsv.browse.html The RSV online, from the University of Virginia] | | *[http://etext.virginia.edu/rsv.browse.html The RSV online, from the University of Virginia] |
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| | [[Category:Bible Versions]] | | [[Category:Bible Versions]] |
| | {{Bible Versions}} | | {{Bible Versions}} |