The English Standard Version (ESV) is an English translation of the Bible. It was published in 2001 by Crossway, having been "created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors." The ESV is derived from the 1971 edition of the Revised Standard Version (RSV) text. Crossway claims the ESV continues a legacy begun by the Tyndale New Testament of precision and faithfulness in English translation of the original text, followed in the same standard by "the King James Version of 1611 (KJV), the English Revised Version of 1885 (RV), the American Standard Version of 1901 (ASV), and the Revised Standard Version of 1952 and 1971."