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

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. 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

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of the Bible, began a new

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. In 1998, Farstad and

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(the publishing arm of the

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) 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

. He followed the Greek Majority Text which he and

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had authored. After Farstad's death, the editorial team replaced this text with the consensus Greek New Testament established by twentieth-century scholars. 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 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

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, 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

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Comparison of Psalm 83:18

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Notes

References

External links

HCSB Official websiteArchive
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