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AMERICAN VERSION OF THE REVISED NEW
TESTAMENT --(Socond Edition. With
the Readings and Renderings preferred
by the American Committee of Revision
incorporated into the text by Roswell
d Hitchcock, d. d., President of e
Union Theological Seminary, New York
New York: Forls, Howard, S Hubert
Long Primer, Crown 8vo. An rights
reserved. Cloth red lges, 81 90; Mo
rocco CIR. Leather, gilt edges Sl.75;
Full Turkey Morocco, gilt edges, 1925,
The second edition OF this peculiarly
American book is now ready. Since its
first appearance it hts been subjected to
the closest and severest scrutiny by its
editor, DIR. Hitchcock, with view to make
it irreproachably accurate and correct--a
distinction enjoyed thus far only by the
presentation edition of the English
issue, no other having been free from
errors. All inaccuracies and errors dis
coverable have been corrected, and there
has been added new and elaborate APP
pendix, which not only very carefully
reverses the English appendix, but gives
detailed information concerning some of
the more important words referred to
under " Glasses of Passages"
1t is credit both TO American scholar
ship and to American sincerity that so
many of the readings and renderngS pre-
ferred by the American branch of the in
ternational committee of revision, but
preciuded from present adoption by the
greater conservatism of the English ma.
jority, should be so generally accepted as
the truer and more faithful transalions of
those portions of the sacred text. NJ soon
er had the beautiful Oxford and Cambridge
editions of the revision been published.
and with their numerous reprints scatter
ed by millions over the EngIish-speaking
world, than demand arose from scholars
and the scholarly press for an edition
which should rescue those truer renderings
of the American committee from the puz-
zling and almost useless d" list in which
the English hooks and their American re
prints had tucked them away, and should
give them, each In its own place in the
text, showing the revision as it would
have been if these readings had been brave
ly adopted.
OF course large proportion Of these
require no peculiar editing being simple
changes of one form, or Specific phrase or
word for another; but maryland these
affecting very critical and important pas
sages-do involve not only careful discrim-
tnation, but special knowledge. 1t was
therefore fortunate for American Bib.
readers that an editor was inspired to do
this work whose reputation is II guarantee
OF the accuracy and justness of the appIi-
cation to special cases Of the general
principles laid down by the American
committee. DR., Hitchcock. though not one
of the revisors (for if he were he could not
have to do with any other than the edition
sent forth by the general committee) has
Tor years been in close personal relations
with some of the most eminent of the
American committee, and doubtless must
have had intimate knowledge of many of
the knouy questions which have arisen
from time TO time during the eleven years
of the revision; so that it wonld not be
easy 10 find man, not of the company,
better fitted both by scholarly attainment
and personal knowledge of this specific
work, 10 accurately transpose the general,
ized groupings of the list of readings and
rGnderings," etc., in o their Just places in
the text. His work will command the
entire confidence of scholars and the Chris
tian public.
The months of conscientious labCr be
slowed upon this book by DR.. Hitchcock
(who has also secured the advantage of
cross-extmlnations and specal testings at
the hands Of other accomplished scholars)
may well have confirmed it AS the Stand.
ard American Version, which its publish
ers claim it to be-
In form, this " American Version " is Il
reproduction of the "Oxford Long Primer
Octave" and is a clearly printed, we'll
made, handsome book. 1t gives all the
results of the labor of the whole interna-
tional comnttee-both the English and
the American branches.
Already endorsed by the leading schol.
ars of all denominations, and certain to
grow in the confidence of sincere student.
of the Bible everywhere, this cannot fail
TO become the accepted version, through
ont this country ut least.