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The '''Revised Standard Version''' (RSV) of the [[Bible]] was first published in 1946 and was intended to be a revision of the [[American Standard Version]].
The '''Revised Standard Version''' (RSV) of the [[Bible]] was first published in 1946 and was intended to be a revision of the [[American Standard Version]].
The [[New Testament]] of this version was widely admired at the time of its publication, however the 1952 publication of the [[Old Testament]] received such criticism as to prevent the RSVs use as a popular Bible in the [[United States]]. R. Laird Harris wrote:
The [[New Testament]] of this version was widely admired at the time of its publication, however the 1952 publication of the [[Old Testament]] received such criticism as to prevent the RSVs use as a popular Bible in the [[United States]]. R. Laird Harris wrote: