The title pages of both of these editions claim that they were "adapted from the Authorized Version of the Bible; however, nowhere is there any explanation as to what "adaptations" were made and the criteria used to decide what to adapt. In addition, the changes from the Authorized Version are not indicated in any way in the text. Based on the sample verses some of the adaptations were to change antisemitic terms into less offensive terms.
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American Holy Bible - 1984
Title: The American Holy Bible adapted from the Authorized Version of the Bible containing the Old and New Testaments with Selections from the Scriptures of American Indians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Shintos, Confucianists
Date: 1986
Publisher: The American Institute for the Study of Racial and Religious Cooperation: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contents: Protestant Bible
Images: Cover, Title page
References: Taliaferro-EELBV 8230
American Family Bible - 1986
Title: The American Family Bible / Bicentennial Tribute Edition dedicated to the Constitution of the United States / Adapted from the Authorized Version of the Bible containing the Old and New Testaments
Date: 1986
Publisher: The American Institute for the Study of Racial and Religious Cooperation: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contents: Protestant Bible
Images: Cover, Title page
References: Taliaferro-EELBV 8230
