Bible Question: What are the differences between the New Revised Standard Version and the New American Standard Bible? |
Bible Answer: Dear Prayon: This will be but a sketchy, non-technical summary of the major differences between the two Bible versions, the NASB and NRSV. Both are considered scholarly and reliable translations and use, for the most part at least, what is called the Critical Text rather than the Textus Receptus. The NASB follows a more literal word-for-word translation philosophy than the NRSV does. One of the characteristics of the NRSV is its use of "gender-neutral" personal pronouns in the texts in which the translators felt that, for example, "he" meant "he or she." This practice often made it necessary to re-cast the sentence, to pluralize singluar pronouns, or to provide some rather awkward substitutions, as in the construction "all men are" becomes "all mortals are."........ Various ratings have been given to translations based on their degree of literalness. I saw one that placed, on a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being the most literal, the NASB at around 9 and the NRSV at about 6. The Message weighed in at 1 or 2........ The NRSV and its predecessor, the RSV, have traditionally been less favored by conservative Christians than the NASB...... Before I switched to the NASB as my Bible of choice for serious study, I used the RSV. I've never cared much for the NRSV. --Hank |
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