A superb translation, it was the product of the best Protestant scholars of the day and became the Bible of choice for many of the greatest writers and thinkers of that time. At least 160 editions of the Geneva Bible were printed between 15. The Geneva Bible New Testament was published in 1557, with the complete Bible appearing in 1560. Known as the "Breeches Bible" because of its wording of Genesis 3:7. It was also the first to include verse divisions. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. The 1599 edition had the most extensive annotations of any of the. 2 And the earth was 1,2without form and void, and 3darkness was upon the 4deep, and the Spirit of. Like most English translations of the time, the Geneva Bible was translated from scholarly editions of the Greek New Testament and Hebrew scriptures that. From the beginning, the Geneva Bible was a study Bible, richly annotated and illustrated.
The introduction to Ephesians (The Argument) demonstrates the Calvinist theology of. 1 In the 1beginning aGod created the heaven and the earth. The Geneva Bible attained immediate popularity, particularly among the Puritans and was the earliest English Bible in roman type. Great deals on Geneva Bible In Antiquarian & Collectible Books. A complete 1583 edition of the Geneva Bible is on. 1524-1579), who was the only translator of the 1557 New Testament, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and others. The Geneva Bible also has the distinction of being the first Bible brought to the American Colonies, carried with the passengers of the Mayflower in 1620. It was prepared by a group of English exiles living in Geneva, including William Whittingham (ca. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress.įirst editions of the Geneva Bible version: New Testament (1557) and the complete Bible (1560). The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years.
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