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| Title: | American Standard Bible Committee. Records |
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| Dates: | ca. 1937-ca. 1946 |
| Size: | 3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The American Standard Bible Committee was established by the ecumenical Protestant International Council of Religious Education in 1937 to create a revision of the American Standard Bible, taking account of contemporary scholarship. A Revised Standard New Testament was published in 1946, and an Old Testament in 1952. The collection consists primarily of manuscripts and notes compiled by Professor William A. Irwin of the Oriental Institute, who served on the Committee. The materials illustrate the various stages of the revision and the work of different members of the Committee on assigned portions of the Old Testament. The remaining papers include American Standard Bible Committee meeting minutes, correspondence, and public relations material. |
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The American Standard Bible Committee was established by the ecumenical Protestant International Council of Religious Education in 1937 to create a revision of the American Standard Bible, taking account of contemporary scholarship. A Revised Standard New Testament was published in 1946, and an Old Testament in 1952.
The collection consists primarily of manuscripts and notes compiled by Professor William A. Irwin of the Oriental Institute, who served on the Committee. The materials illustrate the various stages of the revision and the work of different members of the Committee on assigned portions of the Old Testament. The remaining papers include American Standard Bible Committee meeting minutes, correspondence, and public relations material.
| Box 1 | Series I. Work on Genesis |
| Box 1 | Series II. Notes on Genesis and Exodus Work on Exodus |
| Box 2 | Series III. Work on Leviticus and Numbers |
| Box 2 | Series IV. Work on Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth and I Samuel |
| Box 3 | Series V. Work on II Samuel and I Kings |
| Box 3 | Series VI. Work on II Kings and I and II Chronicles |
| Box 4 | Series VII. Work on Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms and Proverbs |
| Box 5 | Series VIII. Work on Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel |
| Box 6 | Series IX. Work on Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah |
| Box 6 | Series X. Papers of J. M. P. Smith, relating to his work in 1930-31 Minutes of meetings of the American Standard Bible Committee |
| Box 7 | Series XI. Expense Accounts (Irwin) Committee Correspondence |
| Box 7 | Series XII. Lectures Letters from the Public Press and Publicity |