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:
- Foreword,
- “To the Reader,”
- Preface,
- Official Testament naming conventions,
- 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),
- New logos,
- Endorsements,
- 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.