[truthczar2000]

Bear in mind that the Bible was not written in King James English, Common English, RSV English, or any other form of English. It was written in Hebrew, Arabic and Greek. All English translations are just that; translations. Each translation renders some words differently from the next, but all of them preserve the basic message of the original. One exception to that is the bible you are promoting. The Revised Standard Version was translated by people who didn't believe the basic message of the Gospel (Look it up!) and much of it is rendered to dilute the power of the gospel.

[Campion]

Are you sure you're not thinking of the New Revised Standard Version?

The RSV-CE is based on the RSV, not the NRSV. The RSV project was started in the 1930's and finished in the early 1950's. The edition the RSV-CE is based on came out in 1966. The RSV language hews pretty closely to that of the KJV, except where the KJV uses obsolete Elizabethan diction.

The NRSV is indeed a pretty bad edition. The Canadian Catholic bishops wanted to develop a lectionary for Mass using the NRSV a few years ago, and were prohibited from doing so by the Holy See.