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  • Latest news regarding the NRSV Updated Edition

    Latest news regarding the NRSV Updated Edition

    The National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) in coordination with Friendship Press and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) has just launched a series of Q & A’s regarding the upcoming New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue). (eBible expected November 18, 2021).

    A 34-page PDF sampler is available through email signup. It includes:

    1. Foreword,
    2. “To the Reader,”
    3. Preface,
    4. Official Testament naming conventions,
    5. Sample revisions (1Kg 8.16; Ac 9.8; Lv 4.8; 4Mc 2.2; Mt 2.1; Lv 13.9; Mt 4.24; Hos 1.2; Tob 4.2; Mk 14.69; Gal 4.22; Mk 3.20; Lv 13.1; Mt 2.1; Gn 1.27; 1Es 1.34; Jn 12.5; Dt 17.9; Jn 5.9; 3Mc 2.23),
    6. New logos,
    7. Endorsements,
    8. List of publishers (who are licensed to publish on May 1, 2022).

    Future publishers of the NRSV Updated Edition include:

    • Westminster John Knox,
    • Oxford University Press,
    • Augsburg Fortress Press,
    • Word on Fire,
    • Hendrickson Publishers,
    • Zondervan,
    • Cambridge University Press, and
    • American Bible Society.
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