内容简介
TheNewRevisedStandardVersionisthe"standard"translationusedbymainlineProtestantchurches,Orthodoxchurches,andbymanyCatholics.TheNRSVdebutedin1989andisownedbytheNationalCouncilofChurches,whichistheleadingforceforecumenicalcooperationamongChristiansintheUnitedStatesrepresentingthirty–fivedenominationswithforty–fivemillionmembersinmorethan100,000churchesacrossthecountry.TheyhavechosenHarperCollinstobetheexclusivelicensorofthetranslationfortheworld(nonexclusivelyintheUK).TheNewRevisedStandardVersionisrecognizedinscholarlycirclesasthemostaccuratetranslationintoEnglishoftheoriginalHebrewandGreektexts.Inthetraditionofitspredecessors,theKingJamesVersionandtheRevisedStandardVersion,theNRSVwasdesignedtobethe"standard"versionforEnglish–speakingpeopleacrossalldenominations,whichinmanywaysithasbecome.Noneofthenew,moresectariantranslationshaveapproacheditsstandardsofeleganceandaccuracy.Thisunique4"x81/4"settingcombinestheportabilityofacompactBiblewiththereadabilityofalargerBible.Italsoincludesaconcordanceindextohelppeoplefindkeypassages.ThiseditionalsoincludestheApocrypha,theJewishbooksrecognizedbytheCatholic,Orthodox,andsomeProtestantdenominations.