American Standard Version
American Standard Version | |
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Westcott and Hort 1881 and Tregelles 1857, (Reproduced in a single, continuous, form in Palmer 1881). OT: Masoretic Text with some Septuagint influence). | |
Version revision | 1929 (copyright renewal) |
Copyright | Copyright expired |
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. |
The American Standard Version (ASV), officially Revised Version, Standard American Edition, is a
It was previously known by its full name, but soon came to have other names, such as the American Revised Version, the American Standard Revision, the American Standard Revised Bible, and the American Standard Edition.
History
The American Standard Version, which was also known as The American Revision of 1901, is rooted in the work begun in 1870 to revise the
The Revised Version New Testament was published in 1881, the Old Testament in 1885, and the Apocrypha in 1894, after which the British team disbanded. Unauthorized copies of the RV then appeared in the US, having the American team suggestions in the main text. This was possible because while the RV in the UK held a
Features
The divine name of the Almighty (the
Revisions
The ASV has been the basis of various revisions and new translations:
- Revised Standard Version (1952)
- Amplified Bible (1965)
- New American Standard Bible (1971)
- The Living Bible (1971)
- Recovery Version (1999)
- World English Bible (2000)
- American Literary Version(also known as Bibliotheca) (2016)
References
- ^ Worth, Roland H. (1992), Bible Translations: A History Through Source Documents, p. 107,
In between these two periods, the American translators continued to meet on a yearly basis to lay plans for the eventual publication of their work. Matthew B. Riddle, the last survivor of the original group of Americans, writes of how the group went about their work: Three of these, the youngest in years, became the editors of the American Standard Revised New Testament: Drs. Dwight, Thayer and Riddle. Dr. Thayer lived to see the published volume, but died a few months afterward…
- ^ Riddle, Matthew Brown (1908), The Story of the Revised New Testament, American Standard Edition, Philadelphia: Sunday School Times,
Dr. Ezra Abbot was the foremost textual critic in America, and his opinions usually prevailed when questions of text were debated.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ American Standard Version of the Bible (1901), The Episcopal Church,
On July 7, 1870, the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England, voted to invite some "American divines" to join in the work of revising the Bible. An American Revision Committee was organized on Dec. 7, 1871, and began work on Oct. 4, 1872. In 1901 their work was published as The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated Out of the Original Tongues, Being the Version Set Forth A.D. 1611 Compared with the Most Ancient Authorities and Revised A.D. 1881–1885. Newly Edited by the American Revision Committee A.D. 1901. Standard Edition. This is one of the versions of the Bible authorized by the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion for use in worship
. - ^ "Versions of Scripture", A Note by the House of Bishops, The Church of England, retrieved 5 June 2015,
While the Church of England authorises the Lectionary — what passages are to be read on which occasion — it does not authorize particular translations of the Bible. Nevertheless, among the criteria by which versions of Scripture are judged suitable for reading in church during the course of public worship are the following: 3 Versions of Scripture which are translations and appear to satisfy at least four of the criteria set out in paragraph 1 above include: The Authorized Version or King James Bible (AV), published in 1611, of which a Revised Version was published in 1881-5
. - ^ "Preface", ASV (American ed.), Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
Further reading
- Metzger, Bruce M. The Bible in Translation. pp. 101–3. Grand Rapids: Baker.
- Capoccia, Tony, "Choosing A Bible", Bible BB.
External links
- Works related to Bible (American Standard) at Wikisource
- Works by or about American Standard Version at Internet Archive
- Works by American Standard Version at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)