The aim of the NRSV is to be \'as literal as possible, as free as necessary\'.
The text is set in a clear but compact font and is divided.
Like the Cambridge NRSV Popular Text and Lectern Bibles, this edition has British spellings and punctuation.
This slim book contains the New Testament together with the Psalms.
Widely used in academic circles as well as churches, the NRSV takes full advantage of recent scholarship and it employs gender-inclusive language in reference to human beings throughout.
The aim of the NRSV is to be \'as literal as possible, as free as necessary\'