English: Although it is listed as a book cover, it is actually a title page to the original edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, taken from the following address:
The image will be used in the article on the RSV Bible. The RSV is copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. No challenge to the copyright is implied. It qualifies as fair use because this particular edition of the RSV, dating from before 1971, is out of print, and because it is used for illustration purposes only.
The text here shown is in the public domain: except for the seven words and the ampersand at the bottom, everything is part of the full title of the Revised Standard Version. Titles cannot be copyrighted: someone could otherwise be sued for citing the book by its title, and such an idea is completely implausible.
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Although it is listed as a book cover, it is actually a title page to the original edition of the [[Revised Standard Version]] of the Bible, taken from the following address: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=120169763145&Category=378 T
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