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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Oh, yes, of course. I wasn't paying attention and just assumed RSV. RV is not an accepted abbreviation for the RSV.
Another abbreviation for what you call the RV is the AV (Authorized Version), if I'm not mistaken (again. ha).
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The Authorized Version is the King James Version (because it was "authorized" by King James, though two prior English versions were also "authorized" by English kings). Officially, the Revised Version was "the Authorized Version with revisions" and wasn't considered a new translation, but rather just an update to more modern English and changes where the AV was obviously incorrectly translated. The RV was published with a set of notes corresponding to American English that were intended to be published as an American version. The American committee took the notes and kept going, made more changes than originally intended (while completely ignoring the Apocrypha) and published the result as the American Standard Version.
Clear as mud?
