The NRSV differs from the RSV in four primary ways: These sources include new-found manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls, other texts, inscriptions, and archaeological finds from the ancient Near East, and new understandings of Greek and Hebrew grammar. It draws on newly available sources that increase our understanding of many previously obscure biblical passages. The NRSV stands out among the many translations because it is 'as literal as possible' in adhering to the ancient texts and only 'as free as necessary' to make the meaning clear in graceful, understandable English. Equally important, it sets a new standard for the 21st Century. Rooted in the past, but right for today, the NRSV continues the tradition of William Tyndale, the King James Version, the American Standard Version, and the Revised Standard Version. The NRSV is truly a Bible for all Christians! And it received the blessing of a leader of the Greek Orthodox Church. It received the imprimatur of the American and Canadian Conferences of Catholic bishops. It received the endorsement of thirty-three Protestant churches.

The NRSV stands out among the many translations available today as the Bible translation that is the most widely 'authorized' by the churches.

Standing in this tradition, the NRSV is available in three ecumenical formats: a standard edition with or without the Apocrypha, a Roman Catholic Edition, which has the so-called 'Apocryphal' or 'Deuterocanonical' books in the Roman Catholic canonical order, and The Common Bible, which includes all books that belong to the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox canons.

The RSV was the only major translation in English that included both the standard Protestant canon and the books that are traditionally used by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians (the so-called 'Apocryphal' or 'Deuterocanonical' books).The committee also includes a Jewish scholar.

They come from Protestant denominations, the Roman Catholic church, and the Greek Orthodox Church. The ecumenical NRSV Bible Translation Committee consists of thirty men and women who are among the top scholars in America today.It is the only Bible translation that is as widely ecumenical: The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible ( NRSV) was published in 1989 and has received the widest acclaim and broadest support from academics and church leaders of any modern English translation.

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