The American Standard Edition of the Revised Bible
In the course of the joint labors of the English and American revisers, 1881–1885, it was agreed that, respecting all points of difference, the English companies, who had had the initiative in the work of revision, should have the decisive vote, while the American preferences not adopted, should be published as an appendix in the Revised Bible during a term of fourteen years. During these fourteen years, encouraged by the approval of scholars, both in Great Britain and in the United States, the American Revision Committee have been actively engaged in preparing an edition of the Revised Version. In addition to the correction of errors and inconsistencies, great care has been used in the selection of marginal references and concise topical headings.
In their preface to the New Testament, the Committee express their lofty purpose thus: “The present volume, it is believed, will, on the one hand, bring a plain reader more closely into contact with the exact thought of the sacred writers than any version now current in Christendom, and, on the other hand, prove itself especially serviceable to students of the Word.”
The first edition of the American REVISED BIBLE was somewhat unwieldy, being large and heavy.
A more convenient size has just been issued, 8x5 1-4 in., printed in Bourgeois, a large, clear type, like the sample here printed.
Of this American revision, The Interior says:—
“By remarkably unanimous consent America now possesses the most excellent translation of the Holy Scriptures ever published in the English tongue. There has been neither party nor faction discernible in the welcome paid by Biblical scholarship to the American revision of the Bible.”
The London Quarterly Review admits:—
“It is a noble work, destined to become the accepted Bible of the majority of the Anglo-Saxon race.”
The numbers of the chapters are given in figures instead of letters. The book contains twelve maps with index, and will be sent postpaid at the prices given below.
No. 160. Cloth Boards, red edges ........................................ $1.00
“ 167. Egyptian seal, limp, round corners, red under gold edges ..... 1.75
“ 173. Egyptian seal, divinity circuit, leather lined to edge, round corners, red under gold edges ........................................ 2.75
“ 174. Persian levant, divinity circuit, leather lined to edge, silk sewed, round corners, red under gold edges ........................ 3.75
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