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The '''New Revised Standard Version''' is an extensively revised update of the [[Revised Standard Version]] that was released in 1989. Although it is the Bible translation preferred by academics and scholars (Scholars who are Evangelicals, Catholics, Mainline Protestants, Jews, secular historians, etc.) who publish in the top academic publications, due to it being based on what are often considered the oldest and best manuscripts, and its strict adherence to word-for-word translation<ref>The New Revised Standard Version is the version most commonly preferred by biblical scholars, according to Mark D. Given of Missouri State University. This is due to its basis in what are often considered the oldest and best manuscripts, and its strict adherence to word-for-word translation.</ref>; it has not gained acceptance among either evangelicals or Catholics. The publisher describes NRSV's perspective as "[[Ecumenical Movement|ecumenical]]". Dictionaries commonly define the word ecumenical as being interdenominational, in the connotation of there being one single church of Jesus Christ (The whole body of Christians collectively.).
The '''New Revised Standard Version''' is an extensively revised update of the [[Revised Standard Version]] that was released in 1989. Although it is the Bible translation preferred by academics and scholars (Scholars who are Evangelicals, Catholics, Mainline Protestants, Jews, secular historians, etc.) who publish in the top academic publications, due to it being based on what are often considered the oldest and best manuscripts, and its strict adherence to word-for-word translation<ref>The New Revised Standard Version is the version most commonly preferred by biblical scholars, according to Mark D. Given of Missouri State University. This is due to its basis in what are often considered the oldest and best manuscripts, and its strict adherence to word-for-word translation.</ref>; it has not gained acceptance among either evangelicals or Catholics. The publisher describes NRSV's perspective as "[[Ecumenical Movement|ecumenical]]". Dictionaries commonly define the word ecumenical as being interdenominational, in the connotation of there being one single church of Jesus Christ (The whole body of Christians collectively.).