Discover the Geneva Bible, printed in 1560 and 1599, a significant translation preceding the King James version by 51 years. It played a crucial role in English Protestantism, was quoted by Shakespeare, brought to America on the Mayflower, and served as the foundation of early American government. The Geneva Bible includes the Apocryphal Books, Old and New Testament, introduced verse citations, and extensive commentary notes, making it history's first study Bible. Learn about the scholars behind its creation, its forceful language compared to the Great Bible, and the controversies it stirred. The Geneva Bible was loved by dissenters, respected during the English Civil War, and eventually led to the creation of the King James Bible. The annotations were Calvinist and Puritan in character, disliked by Anglicans and King James I. Despite opposition, it remained popular among Puritans, influencing later Bible editions. Explore the impact of the Geneva Bible on Protestantism and early America.
Discover the Geneva Bible, printed in 1560 and 1599, a significant translation preceding the King James version by 51 years. It played a crucial role in English Protestantism, was quoted by Shakespeare, brought to America on the Mayflower, and served as the foundation of early American government. The Geneva Bible includes the Apocryphal Books, Old and New Testament, introduced verse citations, and extensive commentary notes, making it history's first study Bible. Learn about the scholars behind its creation, its forceful language compared to the Great Bible, and the controversies it stirred. The Geneva Bible was loved by dissenters, respected during the English Civil War, and eventually led to the creation of the King James Bible. The annotations were Calvinist and Puritan in character, disliked by Anglicans and King James I. Despite opposition, it remained popular among Puritans, influencing later Bible editions. Explore the impact of the Geneva Bible on Protestantism and early America.
This CD-ROM contains The 1560 Geneva Bible, in PDF format. This is an exact scan of the original printed 1560 edition. It contains the Apocryphal Books, as well as the Old and New Testament.
Also Included is a Clean version of the 1599 Geneva Bible.
Please note, this disk will not play in your car CD player or home DVD player, this is disk is for your computer only.
The Geneva Bible was first printed in Geneva, Switzerland, by refugees from England, fleeing the persecution of Protestants by Roman Catholic Queen “Bloody” Mary. Many copies were smuggled back into England at great personal risk. In later years, when Protestant-friendly Queen Elizabeth took the throne, printing of the Geneva Bible moved back to England. The Geneva Bible was produced by John Calvin, John Knox, Myles Coverdale, John Foxe, and other Reformers. It is the version that William Shakespeare quotes from hundreds of times in his plays, and the first English Bible to offer plain roman-style type in some of its early printings.
The Geneva Bible was the first Bible taken to America, brought over on the Mayflower… it is the Bible upon which early America and its government was founded (certainly not the King’s of England’s Bible!) The Geneva Bible was also the first English Bible to break the chapters of scripture into numbered verses, and it was the first true “Study Bible” offering extensive commentary notes in the margins. It was so accurate and popular, that a half-century later, when the King James Bible came out… it retained more than 90% of the exact wording of the Geneva Bible.
The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century English Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress (1678). It was one of the Bibles taken to America on the Mayflower (Pilgrim Hall Museum and Dr. Jiang have collected several bibles of Mayflower passengers). The Geneva Bible was used by many English Dissenters, and it was still respected by Oliver Cromwell's soldiers at the time of the English Civil War, in the booklet "Cromwell's Soldiers' Pocket Bible".
This version of the Bible is significant because, for the very first time, a mechanically printed, mass-produced Bible was made available directly to the general public which came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids (collectively called an apparatus), which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features — all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.
Because the language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous, most readers strongly preferred this version to the Great Bible. In the words of Cleland Boyd McAfee, "it drove the Great Bible off the field by sheer power of excellence".
The Geneva Bible followed the Great Bible of 1539, the first authorized Bible in English, which was the authorized Bible of the Church of England.
During the reign of Queen Mary I of England (1553–58), a number of Protestant scholars fled from England to Geneva, Switzerland, which was then ruled as a republic in which John Calvin and, later, Theodore Beza, provided the primary spiritual and theological leadership. Among these scholars was William Whittingham, who supervised the translation now known as the Geneva Bible, in collaboration with Myles Coverdale, Christopher Goodman, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and William Cole; several of this group later became prominent figures in the Vestments controversy. Whittingham was directly responsible for the New Testament, which was complete and published in 1557, while Gilby oversaw the Old Testament.
The first full edition of this Bible, with a further revised New Testament, appeared in 1560, but it was not printed in England until 1575 (New Testament) and 1576 (complete Bible). Over 150 editions were issued; the last probably in 1644. The very first Bible printed in Scotland was a Geneva Bible, which was first issued in 1579. In fact, the involvement of Knox and Calvin in the creation of the Geneva Bible made it especially appealing in Scotland, where a law was passed in 1579 requiring every household of sufficient means to buy a copy.
Some editions from 1576 onwards included Laurence Tomson's revisions of the New Testament. Some editions from 1599 onwards used a new "Junius" version of the Book of Revelation, in which the notes were translated from a new Latin commentary by Franciscus Junius.
The annotations which are an important part of the Geneva Bible were Calvinist and Puritan in character, and as such they were disliked by the ruling pro-government Anglicans of the Church of England, as well as King James I, who commissioned the "Authorized Version", or King James Bible, in order to replace it. The Geneva Bible had also motivated the earlier production of the Bishops' Bible under Elizabeth I, for the same reason, and the later Rheims-Douai edition by the Catholic community. The Geneva Bible remained popular among Puritans and remained in widespread use until after the English Civil War. The Geneva notes were surprisingly included in a few editions of the King James version, even as late as 1715.
Place of Publication:
United States
Book Title:
The Bible
Rating:
NR
Year Printed:
1560
Vintage:
Yes
Format:
eBook (Physical Delivery)
Language:
English
Personalized:
No
Topic:
Christianity, Bibles
Unit Quantity:
1
Subjects:
Religion & Beliefs
Binding:
Disk
Signed:
No
Narrative Type:
Nonfiction
Publisher:
Ebook Press
Intended Audience:
Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed:
No
Subject:
Religion & Spirituality
Modified Item:
No
Edition:
First Edition
Original/Facsimile:
Original
Special Attributes:
Illustrated
Region:
North America
Author:
King James
Country/Region of Manufacture:
United States
Character Family:
Biblical & Historical Figures
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