Which Bible?

[bostonian]

Which version of the Bible do Episcopalians read? NRSV? KJV?

[angli_fan]

There is no "official" version, in the sense that others are disallowed. In most TEC parishes, the scripture readings are probably read from the NRSV (when I was a boy, it was the RSV), but this is not a rule; different churches are free to read from different versions.

At my church, one of the lectors (people who read scriptures during the service) is blind. Whenever he reads, it's from the KJV, because that's the version of Braille bible he has(and also, I suspect, the one he prefers).

[anglicansablaze]

I think that you may need to check the latest copy of the Constitution and canons of the Episcopal Church to learn what translations are authorized. I was a licensed lay reader in the Episcopal Church for over seventeen years and as part of our lay readers' examination we had to list which translations were authorized for use in the Episcopal Church. (In those days a person seeking to be licensed as a lay reader was required to take written and oral examinations and only after an initial probationary period was licensed to administer the chalice. A lay reader might also be licensed to preach their own sermons instead of reading other people's sermons.) Only certain translations were authorized; others such as the New King James Version and the New American Standard Version were not authorized. A number of the newer translations like the NRSV and the REB may have been added to the list of authorized translations since then. However, I do not believe that the Episcopal Church now permits the use of any translation. The preference these days are for translations that use inclusive language.

[Swick]

Several translations are authorized, but the NRSV is in practice the preferred translation; the published lectionaries (readings for the Eucharist and Daily Office) of the church are from the NRSV.

All the churches I've visited normally use the NRSV, but the previous version, the RSV is also used. For special occasions such as Christmas and Easter some churches may use the King James Version.

For Bible studies our former priest encouraged people to bring different versions, since every translation has its own strengths and weaknesses. My favorite version is the Revised English Bible, but I also use the NRSV. A newer version that's also good is the English Standard Version (ESV), which I expect will be authorized for use in the liturgy at some point.

[anglicansablaze]

I use the ESV in my personal Bible reading and study. Both of the NRSV and the ESV have the King James Bible, the Revised Bible, the American Standard Bible (the American version of the Revised Bible), and the Revised Standard Bible as their predecessors. They belong to the same linage so to speak. A major difference between the NRSV and the ESV is that where the NRSV rendered certain terms "men and women" or "brothers and sisters" in the text, the ESV draws to the readers attention in the foot notes that these terms can be rendered "men and women" and "brothers and sisters". A second major difference is the NRSV is a dynamic equivalency translation which means that is closer to a paraphrase than an actual word for word translation. The ESV is a word for word translation.

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[samuelseabury1]

I use the Revised English Bible (REB) from Cambridge.

Sam.