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Originally Posted by KMK  (Where do they get off calling it the 'standard' anyway?) |
Using the term "standard" in the title of a Bible translation probably got started with the ASV (the American Standard Version) in 1901. This was picked up by the RSV (the Revised Standard Version) in 1952, by the NASB (the New American Standard Bible) in 1973, and then by the ESV (the English Standard Version) in 2001.
The ASV, in turn, was based on the ERV (the English Revised Version) of 1885, which, in its turn, was a revision of the KJV/AV of 1611.
And the KJV/AV incorporates William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament as about 90% of its New Testament text.
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