NRS - 1989
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This is the authorized revision of the RevisedStandard Version (1952). A committee of about thirty members of various Protestantdenominations and the Roman Catholic Church participated. Eastern Orthodoxand Jewish representatives were members of the Old Testament section.

Since the publication of the Revised Standard Version,there have been advances made in the discovery and interpretation of documentsin the Semitic languages. The Dead Sea Scrolls provided informationon the Books of Isaiah and Habakkuk and fragments on the other books ofthe Old Testament. Greek manuscript copies of books of the New Testamentalso became available. Thus, authorization was given for revision of theentire Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

For the Old Testament, the 1977 edition of Biblia HebraicaStuttgartensia was used. For the New Testament, the 1966 edition ofThe Greek New Testament was used.

Occasionally, it was necessary to make changes. Footnotesindicate how other ancient authorities read. The style of English usedreflects current usage. Masculine-oriented language has been eliminated,where possible. The Tetragrammaton is rendered as LORD and GOD, in capitalletters. Archaic English pronouns and verb endings are not used. Essentially,it is a literal translation, but it has a few paraphrastic renderings.

Thomas Nelson (1989)

[Tyndale House, Cambridge, UnitedKingdom]

Genesis1: 1, 2

In the beginning when God created the heavens and theearth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of thedeep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.

 
 

John1: 1 - 3

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was withGod, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All thingscame into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.

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