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Key to Pronunciation of Proper Names

The reader will find that the pronunciation scheme presented in this edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible is a practical help in reading and pronouncing the more unfamiliar personal and geographical names. Retaining the text spelling, an easily used system of diacritical marks indicates to the reader the pronunciation, the syllabic division, and the word stress of all except a small number of such names. This latter group includes personal and place names that have become familiar through everyday modern English usage. Such personal names as Adam, Daniel, and Martha, and place names as Bethlehem, Euphrates, and Nile, are typical examples of such anglicized words and are to be pronounced as they are in current English speech. The key to the symbols used:

	About The Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition This edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible has been prepared for use by Catholics by a committee of the Catholic Biblical Association of Great Britain. It is an authorized revision of the American Standard Version, published in 1901.
Copyright	The Catholic Edition of the New Testament, copyright Copyright 1965; The Catholic Edition of the Old Testament, incorporating the Apocrypha, copyright Copyright 1966 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
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