The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) is a modern English Bible translation from Holman Bible Publishers. The

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was published in 1999, followed by the full Bible in March 2004.

Beginnings

The roots of the HCSB can be traced to 1984, when Arthur Farstad, general editor of the New King James Version of the Bible, began a new

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. In 1998, Farstad and

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(the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention) came to an agreement that would allow LifeWay to fund and publish the completed work. Farstad died soon after, and leadership of the editorial team was turned over to Dr. Edwin Blum, who had been an integral part of the team. The death of Farstad resulted in a change to the

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source text underlying the HCSB, although Farstad had envisioned basing the new translation on the same texts used for the

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and New King James Version. He followed the Greek Majority Text which he and Zane C. Hodges had authored. After Farstad's death, the editorial team replaced this text with the consensus Greek New Testament established by twentieth-century scholars.

Translation philosophy

Holman Bible Publishers assembled an international,

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team of 100 scholars and proofreaders, all of whom were committed to

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Formats

The HCSB is available in electronic form for

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and Bible Explorer software.Edwards, ElShaddai. ''He is Sufficient.'
"HCSB: 2nd Edition text available."
Copyright 2007-2009 ElShaddai Edwards, retrieved July 25, 2009. An ''HCSB Study Bible'' became available in October 2010.
Retrieved December 31, 2009. The HCSB is available online. It is marketed in Christian publications as an

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Bible and has a version specifically for the

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called Bible Navigator X.

Updates

The 2nd edition HCSB appeared in 2010. The most significant change was the expanded use of the covenant name of God, known as the

tetragrammaton The Tetragrammaton (; ), or Tetragram, is the four-letter Hebrew theonym (transliterated as YHWH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible. The four letters, written and read from right to left (in Hebrew), are ''yodh'', '' he'', '' waw'', and ...

, rendered as "Yahweh," rather than the traditional English " ." In the first edition Yahweh was found in 78 places; the update increased that to 495 instancesGillis, John W., ''MaybeToday.org.'
"The HCSB 2nd Edition and the Tetragrammaton." MaybeToday.org
Retrieved July 25, 2009. (the tetragrammaton appears in over 6,800 places in the Old Testament). In June 2016 B&H Publishing announced a revision of the translation called the Christian Standard Bible (CSB).B&H to Launch Christian Standard Bible (CSB) Version in 2017
B&H Publishing Group

Comparison of Psalm 83:18

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Notes

References

External links

HCSB Official websiteArchive
(the HCSB website now redirects to the CSB website) {{English Bible translation navbox 2004 books Bible translations into English 2004 in Christianity Southern Baptist Convention