Behind the Scenes of the New Revised Standard Version

October 09, 2021 00:04:26
Behind the Scenes of the New Revised Standard Version
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Behind the Scenes of the New Revised Standard Version

Oct 09 2021 | 00:04:26

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Show Notes

Here I will give two rather humorous stories (at least to me) connected with my work as the administrative assistant for the revision of the Revised Standard Version. In that capacity I was, of course, present for the various deliberations of the committee. Among the many issues they discussed was what to call the new revision. Ultimately it stood in the tradition of the “Authorized Version” – the technical name of the King James Version. In 1881, the KJV underwent an “official” revision (i.e., authorized by the ecclesiastical authorities who owned the copyright) in the Revised Version. Its committee received a lot of flak for the changes it made. Read by Petra Ortiz

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