The American Bible Society (ABS) is a group, founded in
1816, that publishes, distributes, and translates the
Bible. In
2000-
2001, ABS distributed 4,113,106 Bibles and 8,322,112 copies of the
New Testament. They are the translators of the
Good News Translation and the
Contemporary English Version. ABS is headquartered in New York, where it also maintains an extensive archive of editions of the Bible, many of them rare or otherwise unusual.
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