The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical Books [New Revised Standard Version] - Hardcover

NRSV Bible Translation Committee; Metzger, Bruce M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195283309 ISBN 13: 9780195283303

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990

The Oxford NRSV Bible offers readers an unbeatable combination of quality construction, affordability, and the most accurate translation of the Bible available today.

Churches and homes across America overwhelmingly choose the NRSV for its easy-to-understand translation and its sensitivity to inclusive language. A multi-denominational committee of scholars from around the world based their revision on the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts. The Oxford NRSV also includes the most complete collection of Aprocryphal and Deuterocanonical books.

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Features include:
* Two column text.
* Eight pages of full color New Oxford Bible Maps (except for 9820A)
* Ninety-six page, select NRSV Concordance.
* Available with and without the Apocrypha

About the Author:

Bruce M. Metzger is Chair, NRSV Bible Translation Committee.

Review:

"A quantum leap forward, a work of such quality that it can serve, as the KJV and RSV once did, as the definitive translation for North American readers." --Christian Century

"Will be used by millions...for public and private worship."--Time Magazine

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0195283309
• ISBN 13: 9780195283303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1600