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mroser — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:41:16 +0000

Missy Roser Thursday, 1/5/2012, at 1:41 PM

Notes on English Versions of the Bible

Versions/translations are constantly amended even from edition to edition or printing to printing. Thus, the KJV 1611 will not look like the KJV published in the US in 1997. The later editions, however, use the same translation, but make adjustments. A new translation or, in some cases, a new version that follows the tradition of an earlier translation (e.g. NKJV or NRSV), is indicated by having its own row.
Dates in parentheses are when a version/translation was first published (or earliest date?). Dates outside parentheses are copyright date of the edition listed under “Title of the Book.”
Subject headings usually follow this format: Bible. English. [version]. [date]. So, “Bible. English. Authorized.” will get all the KJV versions. Call numbers are also an indication of a version. For example, BS 185. is the authorized version (KJV). BS 195 is the NKJV.
Bolded titles are some of the most used versions today. Also see this nice overview of some of the most commonly used versions for academic study.

Current Use Translations
Abr.	Version	Title of Book	Date	Notes/Audience	Call No.
KJV or AV	King James Version or Authorized Version	The Holy Bible	(1611) 1890	English Protestant	BS185 .1890 N4
KJV or AV	King James Version or Authorized Version	The Holy Bible The Bible: The Authorized King James Version	(1611) 1997	English Protestant	BS185 .1997 O94 1997
NKJV	New King James Version	Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: New King James Version	(1982) 1983	evangelical Protestant	BS195. N38 1983b BS125 .E88 2004 REF
ASV	American Revised or American Standard Version	Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. Newly edited by the American revision committee	(1901) 1929	mainstream American Protestant religions; trans. based on the KJV and English Revised Edition	220.5 B47 Eame
NASB	New American Standard Bible	New American Standard Bible	(1971) 1977	Lockman Foundation produced for some American mainstream and fundamentalist religions	BS195. N35 1977b
RSV	Revised Standard Version	The Holy Bible: revised standard version.	(1952) 1952	mainstream Protestant religions, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Catholic religions	BS191.A1 1962 .N4 REF
NRSV	New Revised Standard Version	The Holy Bible. New Revised Standard Version.	(1990) 2003	updated version of RSV intended for liturgy	BS191.5.A1 1989 N43 REF
KJV and RSV		Interpreter's Bible	(1951-1957)	12 volume set with both the KJV and RSV with extensive study articles and notes	BS491.2 I55
NEB	New English Bible	New English Bible	(1970) 1970	3 vols. for original pub. British Protestant, British Bible Society	BS192.A1 1970 .N4
NEB		Oxford Study Bible	(1992) 1992	1 vol. same as above	BS192.16.A1 1992 .N48
REB	Revised English Bible	The revised English Bible	(1989) 1989	British Protestant	BS195.R4 1989
JB	Jerusalem Bible	The Jerusalem Bible	(1966) 1966	Roman Catholic; trans. from French ed.; based on original texts.	BS195 .J4 1966
NJB	New Jerusalem Bible	The New Jerusalem Bible	(1985) 1999	Roman Catholic; based on original texts (not trans. from French)	BS105. J4 1999
	Anchor Bible	titles vary	(1964-pres.) 1964 -	40+ vols; each book of the Bible translated by a different Protestant, Jewish or Catholic scholar; includes extensive commentary and articles; need to search by separate book title	BS192.2.A1 (series)
NAB	New American Bible	New American Bible	(1970) 1970	American Roman Catholic; based on original texts; liturgical	BS196.A1 1970 .E5
NIV	New International Version	The NIV study Bible	(1985) 1985	NY Bible Society; American evangelicals, more conservative; based on original texts	BS195 .N37 1985
TEV	Today's English Version (Good News Bible)	Good News Bible	(1976) 1987	American Bible Society, uses vernacular (late 20^th C.) English, American Protestant and Roman Catholic approved.	BS195. T3 1987
	New Revised Standard Version & New Int'l Version	New Interpreter's Bible	(1994-1998)	12 vols. Includes text of 2 versions and extensive commentary on the text.	BS491 .2 N484 REF
	New Jewish Version	[Tanakh] = JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh : the traditional Hebrew text and the new JPS translation.	(1964-1982) 1999	Jewish Publication Society; translation of the OT from the Hebrew text.	BS895. J4 1999
	Fox	The Schocken Bible	(1995-pres.) 1995-present	multiple volumes; trans. from Hebrew text by Everett Fox; vol 1 published with more forthcoming; extensive notes and commentary	BS1223. A3 F68

APOCRYPHA
Abr.	Version	Title of Book	Date	Notes/Audience	Call No.
		The Old Testament pseudepigrapha	(1983-1985) 1983-1985	2 vols. Ed. by James Charlesworth; based on original texts; some translated for 1^st time	BS1830 .A3 1983
KJV	Authorized	The Apocrypha according to the authorized version	(1953) 1953	Apocryphal books originally printed in Authorized version	229 Ap42 Pf
RSV	Revised Standard Version	The Apocrypha of the Old Testament. Revised Standard Version.	(1957) 1965		BS1692 1965
		New Testament Apocrypha	(1991-1992) 1991-1992	2 vols. English translation of Neutestamentliche Apokryphen ed. Wilhelm Schneemelcher	BS2832. S3 1991
		The Apocryphal New Testament: a collection of apocryphal Christian literature in an English translation	(1993) 1993	Rev. and newly translated ed. of Apocryphal New Testament, trans by Montague Rhodes James, 1924.	BS2832 .A2 1993

HISTORICAL TRANSLATIONS
Abr.	Version	Title of Book	Date	Notes/Audience	Call No.
	Geneva	The Geneva Bible, a facsimile of the 1560 edition	(1560) 1969		BS170 1560a
	Parker or Bishops' Bible	The. holie. Bible.	(1568) 1568	popular Bible used in homes in England	Early English Books Online
	Douai-Rheims	The Holy Bible faithfully translated into English out of the authentical Latin	(O.T. 1582; N.T. 1610) 1635	Roman Catholic translation of the Latin Vulgate; original translations by William Allen and Gregory Martin	Early English Books Online
	Douai-Rheims	The Holy Bible: translated from the Latin Vulgate	(1763-1764) 1882	Bishop Richard Challoner's revision of Allen and Martin translation; used in RC churches until mid-20^th Century	BS180 1882

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