The revised 1962 edition was edited by Matthew Black (General and New Testament Editor) and Harold Henry Rowley (Old Testament Editor). This edition was completely rewritten but on the same plan as its predecessor, including 103 articles. Black's Preface pays tribute to the original: "About one thing there was no question: there could be no departure from the Peake tradition of accurate and reliable popular scholarship." Its length was 1126 pages, plus 16 maps. The new edition is based on the Revised Standard Version. The 62 contributors are from various branches of Protestantism in Europe and America. Its aim is to present to the layperson the "generally accepted results of Biblical Criticism, Interpretation, History and Theology".