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[[Image:Geneva_Bible.jpg{{Bible translation infobox |thumb|350px|right|1599 translation_title= Geneva Bible original frontispiece]]The '''| full_name= Geneva Bible''' was the first full-length | image = | other_names=| abbreviation= | NT_published=1557| OT_published=| complete_bible_published=1560| author_info=| textual_basis = [[BibleTextus Receptus]] to be published in the | translation_type =| version_revised=| publisher=| copyright=| copies_printed=| religious_affiliation= [[EnglishProtestant]] language| online_address=| genesis_1:1-3=In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Its original compilers And the earth was without forme and publishers produced 144 separate editions between 1560 voyde, and 1644 ADdarkeness was upon the depe, beyond which time King [[Charles I]] and [[Archbishop the Spirit of Canterbury|Archbishop]] [[William Laud]] forbade its printing in [[England]]God moved upon the waters. The [[Geneva]] Bible virtually disappeared until modern times. The Geneva Bible is now available in a hardcover edition published in 2006 by Tolle Lege Press.<ref name=Bible>Lillback Then God said, Peter A"Let there be light" and there was light., DeMar, Gary D., Federer, William J., ''et al.'' ''1599 Geneva Bible| john_3: The Holy Scriptures Contained in 16=For God so loved the Old and New Testaments.'' White Hallworld, [[West Virginia|WV]]that he hath given his only be gotten Son, [[United States of America|USA]]: Tolle Lege Pressthat whosoever beleveth in him, 2006. 1400 pp.should not perish, clothbut have everlasting life. ISBN 0975484699. Also available in black (ISBN 0975484613) and calfskin (ISBN 0975484621) leather-bound editions.</ref>|}}{{BibleHistory}}

== History ===== TyndaleThe '''s New Testament ===The Geneva Bible''' was a [[Roman Catholic ChurchProtestant]] had spread throughout the territory that was once part of the Western [[Roman EmpireBible translations|translation]]. Yet the Church reserved for its own clergy the right to own the written text of the [[Bible]]--and no European monarch permitted any of his subjects actually to possess a copy of the Bible printed in any language other than into [[LatinEnglish language|English]].<ref name=Foster>Foster, Marshall. "The History and Impact of the Geneva Bible." ''1599 Geneva Bible'', ''op. cit.'', pp. xxiii to xxvi.</ref>

In 1526, This was the Bible read by [[William TyndaleShakespeare]] began his first efforts to translate the Bible into , by [[EnglishJohn Knox]]. For this defiance of the royal edicts then in force, the authorities pursued him. He fled to by [[GermanyJohn Donne]], where he met and by [[Martin LutherJohn Bunyan]], and from there to author of ''[[BelgiumPilgrim's Progress]]''. There he produced a mechanically printed edition It was one of the Bibles taken to America on the ''[[New TestamentMayflower]]'', and his friends smuggled 6,000 copies of it into England. Authorities in Belgium hunted him, arrested himwas used by many [[English Dissenters]], and imprisoned him in Vilvoorde, and on March 6, 1536, he was executedby [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s soldiers at the time of the [[English Civil War]].<ref name=Foster/>

Tyndale's New Testament did not reach Because the common man in England. It didlanguage of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous, howevermost readers preferred this version strongly over the [[Bishops' Bible]], influence the English clergy and might have been an impetus behind translation authorised by the Reformation in [[Church of England.<ref name=Foster/> Significantly, ]] under [[Anne BoleynElizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] was executed in . In the same year as was Tyndale--and subsequent to thiswords of [[Cleland Boyd McAfee]], King "it drove the [[Henry VIIIGreat Bible]] began his sweeping purge of off the monasteries in his realmfield by sheer power of excellence".<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=39625&pageno=24 Study of the King James Bible by Cleland Boyd McAfee]</ref> ==History==

=== Bloody Mary ===In 1553, During the time when England was ruled by Queen [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] acceded to the throne upon the death of her half-brother, [[Edward VI]]. This Catholic queen quickly earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" by her ruthless persecution who persecuted Protestants, a number of the English Reformers and her execution of 300 of them. Another 800 Reformers Protestant scholars fled to the continent, where they gathered in [[Geneva]], in [[Switzerland]], which was then known ruled as a [[John Calvinrepublic]]'s "Protestant Rome."<ref name=Calvin>Authors unknown. "in which [[http://switzerland.isyours.com/E/guide/religion/christianism/john.calvin.html John Calvin (1509-1564)]" ''Switzerland Is Yours'', Micheloud ] and Cie, 2006. Retrieved November 2, 2007.</ref> There they set about creating an English-language version of [[Theodore Beza]] provided the entire Bible, primary spiritual and one that would have no ties to any monarch, whether in England or elsewhere in Europetheological leadership. Among the men involved in this project were these scholars was [[William Whittingham]], who supervised the translation in collaboration with [[Miles Myles Coverdale]], [[Christopher Goodman]], [[Anthony Gilby]], [[John KnoxThomas Sampson]], and [[Thomas SampsonWilliam Cole]]&mdash;several of whom became prominent figures in the proto-Puritan [[nonconformist]] faction of the [[Vestments controversy]].Whittingham was directly responsible for the New Testament, which was complete and published in 1557<ref name=Foster"Herbert">A. S. Herbert, ''Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525–1961'', London: British and Foreign Bible Society; New York: American Bible Society, 1968. SBN 564-00130-9</ref>, while Gilby oversaw the Old.

=== The First Edition ===The Geneva translators avoided the [[Latin]] first full edition of this Bible version, or with a further revised New Testament, appeared in [[Vulgate1560]]<ref name="Herbert" />, but it was not printed in England until 1575 (New Testament<ref name="Herbert" />) and sought access to 1576 (Bible<ref name="Herbert" />). Over 150 editions were issued; the oldest and most authentic last probably in [[Hebrew1644]] and <ref name="Herbert" />. The first Bible printed in [[GreekScotland]] manuscripts they could findwas a Geneva Bible in 1579<ref name="Herbert" />. Their research benefitedIn fact, ironically, from the Fall involvement of Knox and Calvin in the [[Byzantine Empire]] creation of the Geneva Bible made it especially appealing in 1453Scotland, an event that had forced many Christian clerics to flee the fallen city where a law was passed in 1579 requiring every household of sufficient means to buy a copy<ref>[[Istanbul|Constantinoplehttp://www.bible-researcher.com/history2.html A Chronology of the English Bible]] with their manuscripts in hand</ref>.

In 1557, Whittingham produced a revised edition of Tyndale's original New Testament. Then in 1560 the reformers produced the first edition of the Geneva Bible. This they dedicated to Queen {{Calvinism}}Some editions from [[Elizabeth I1576]], who by then had succeeded to the throne after the death of her sister, onwards<ref name="Bloody Mary.Herbert" Under Elizabeth/> included Tomson's patronage, the Geneva Bible became the Bible revisions of choice not merely for clergy but also for laitythe New Testament.Some editions from [[1599]] onwards<ref name=Foster"Herbert" />used a new "Junius" version of the Revelation, in which the notes were translated from a new Latin commentary by [[Franciscus Junius (the elder)|Junius]] on Revelation.

=== Later Editions ===From Like most English translations of the beginningtime, the Geneva Bible was a study Bible, richly annotated translated from scholarly editions of the [[Koine Greek|Greek]] New Testament and illustrated[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] scriptures that comprise the Christian Old Testament. The 1599 edition had English rendering was substantially based on the most extensive annotations of any earlier translations by [[William Tyndale]] and [[Myles Coverdale]]. (80-90% of the Geneva Bibleslanguage in the Genevan New Testament is from Tyndale.) However, and a table of interpretations the Geneva Bible was the first English version in which ''all'' of the Old Testament was translated directly from the Hebrew (mainly cf. [[Old TestamentCoverdale Bible]], [[Matthew's Bible]]) proper names.

The annotations which are an important part of the Geneva Bible was highly popular were [[Calvinism|Calvinistic]] and [[Puritanism|Puritan]] in Englandcharacter, and indeed as such they were disliked by the ruling conservative Protestants of the [[JamestownChurch of England]], as well as King [[James I of England|James I]] expeditionaries carried it to America in 1607. Likewise, who commissioned the "Authorized Version" or [[PilgrimsKing James Bible]] carried it with them to replace it. The Geneva Bible had also motivated the production of the [[NetherlandsBishops' Bible]] under [[Elizabeth I]], where they had fledfor the same reason, and then to what later became their the [[Plymouth colonyDouay-Rheims Bible|Douay-Rheims]] (edition by the [[recusant]] Catholic community. The Geneva Bible remained popular among [[Puritans]] and remained in modern widespread use until after the [[MassachusettsEnglish Civil War]]) . The Geneva notes were surprisingly included in 1620a few editions of the King James version, even as late as 1715<ref name="Herbert" />.

In 1604, shortly after his own accession to It has been stated by some that the throne, King [[James I]] commissioned [[King James Geneva Bible|his own version]] of the Bible, that would later come to be known as "The Bishop's Bible" or, more commonly, the '''Authorized Version'''. James' motive for promulgating his own version was simple: he did not want the people to have in hand a Bible with all present at the marginal notes that signing of the Geneva Bible hadU. The reason was equally simple: those marginal notes might encourage lay readers not to credit James' overriding dogma S. Declaration of "Independence and the divine right of kings" that was central to his authorityU.<ref name=Brown>BrownS. Constitution, Michael H. "[http://www.reformedreader.org/gbn/igb.htm Introduction to because it was the Geneva Bible for that the historic Baptist faithPuritans brought with them to America.]" ''The Reformed Reader''However, 1988the U. Retrieved November 2, 2007S. Brown's essay is a scathing indictment Library of Kings James Congress and Charles and of the [[Church of EnglandIndependence National Historical Park]] both state that they headed. It is also flawed on account do not know what version/translation of the almost vitriolic Bible was present at these signings ([[argumentum ad hominemIndependence Hall (United States)|Independence Hall]] that Brown employs against James and his successors and allies. At the time of his writingin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania being the Geneva Bible remained out location of both of print, and this might have informed his bitterness. Whether he would have written a more refined essay had he known that the Geneva Bible would one day be published once again, is perhaps impossible to determinesignings).</ref>

This version was first published in 1611. A later king (In [[Charles I2006]]) would take , the first steps toward suppression completely new publication of the Geneva Bible toward the end of his reignavailable in modern times was published by [http://www. In 1644, tollelegepress.com/ Tolle Lege Press] as part of the "1599 Geneva Bible went out Restoration Project." This edition uses the Tomson and [[Franciscus Junius (the elder)|Junius]] revisions described above. It also has a table of print interpretations of proper names, which are chiefly found in the Old Testament, and would remain out a table of print for more than four hundred fifty yearsprincipal subjects contained in the Bible. Like many sixteenth- and seventeenth-century copies of the Bible, it is bound with the metrical Psalms by [[Thomas Sternhold]], [[John Hopkins (psalmist)|John Hopkins]] and others, and the prayers used by the English congregations every morning and evening.

==Format= Modern Editions ===In 2003, L. L. Brown and Company published an edition of the 1599 Geneva Bible.<ref name=LLBrown>''The 1599 Geneva Bible''. Ozark, [[Missouri|MO]]: L. L. Brown Publishing, 2003. Cited in Preface, ''1599 Geneva Bible'', Tolle Lege Press, ''op. cit.'', pp. xix-xx.</ref> This edition included the [[Apocrypha]] and a metrical rendition of the Book of Psalms originally intended to encourage their recitation in church.

In January of 2004 a group of concerned American individuals and organizations formed the 1599 [[Image:GenevaBible.JPG|thumb|left|Geneva Bible Restoration Project ]]The Geneva Bible was the first English Bible to restore and republish use verse numbers based on the richly annotated 1599 editionwork of Stephanus ([[Robert Estienne]] of Paris). Seventeen organizations and 270 individuals and families contributed funds It also had an elaborate system of commentary in marginal [[gloss]]es. This annotation was done by [[Laurence Tomson]], who translated (for the project.<ref name=partners>"1599 Geneva Bible Restoration Project," ''1599 1560 Geneva Bible) L'Oiseleur's notes on the Gospels, ''op. citwhich themselves came from Camerarius.In 1576 Tomson added L'Oiseleur', pp. v to xvii.</ref> The Project acquired s notes for the rights to the L. L. Brown copyEpistles, but omitted which came from [[Beza]]'s Greek and Latin edition of the Apocrypha Bible ([[1565]] and metrical Psalms and sought as much as possible to authenticate the original text as printed later). Beginning in 1599. The Tolle Lege edition makes no attempt to "modernize" [[Franciscus Junius (the textelder)|Franciscus Junius]]' notes on Revelation were added, other than to update some of replacing the spellingoriginal notes deriving from [[John Bale]] and [[Heinrich Bullinger]]. Instead Bale's ''The Image of "translating" the many out-dated words, it includes both churches'' had a glossary intended more great impact on these notes as a guide than well as a hard[[Foxe's Book of Martyrs]]. Both the Junius and Bullinger-Bale annotations are explicitly anti-Roman Catholic and-fast body representative of rules. The editors state in their front matter that they wished to deliver an edition as close in meaning to much popular Protestant apocalypticism during the original as practicableReformation.

== Review ===== The Text ===Foster<ref name=Foster/> states that the 1560 Geneva translators relied heavily on manuscripts originally brought to Geneva by Christians fleeing Bible was printed in Roman type—the style of type regularly used today—but many editions used the conquering older [[Ottoman Empireblackletter|Ottoman Turksblack-letter]] in 1453("Gothic") type. Random comparisons between Of the various later English Bible translations, the next to use Roman type was the [[New TestamentDouay-Rheims Bible]] and the Nestlé-Aland Greek of 1582 (New Testament ) and its critical apparatus<ref name=Aland>Aland, Barbara, Aland, Kurt, Karavidopoulos, Johannes, Martini, Carlo M., and Metzger, Bruce M., eds. ''The Greek New 1609–10 (Old Testament''. [[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001. With "A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament," by Barclay M. Newman, Jr. 219 pages, leather. ISBN 3438051133</ref> support that claim. The Geneva text tends to follow the so-called Byzantine family of manuscripts at certain points at which the original Greek text is in dispute).

Likewise, the The Geneva Bible was also issued in more convenient and affordable sizes than earlier versions. The 1560 Bible was in [[Old Testamentquarto]] Geneva text appears to follow the format (218 &times; 139 mm type area), but pocketable [[Masoretic Textoctavo (book)|octavo]] prepared by editions were also issued, and a few large folio editions. The New Testament was issued at various times in sizes from quarto down to 32º (the Hebrew smallest, 70×39 mm type area <ref name="MasoretesHerbert" of />). In the latter part of the second late sixteenth century AD, and pays no homage to it is likely that the [[Septuagint]] of [[Ptolemy I Soter]] of [[Alexandria]]Geneva New Testament cost less than a week's wages even for the lowest-paid labourers.

==== Distinction from the Authorized Version ====The 1560 Geneva Bible is often called the "Breeches Bible" because contained a number of its rendition of {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=3|verses=7|version=KJV}}. The Geneva text<ref name=Gen37>''1599 Geneva Bible''study aids, Tolle Lege Pressincluding [[woodcut]] illustrations, maps and explanatory 'tables'op, i. cite.indexes of names and topics, in addition to the (in)famous marginal notes. Each book was preceded by an 'argument'or introduction, pand each chapter by a list of contents giving verse numbers. 6</ref> reads as follows:{{Cquote|Then Smaller-format editions might be unillustrated and lack the eyes of them both were openedmarginal notes, and they knew that they were nakedbut some large folio editions had additional illustrations, such as one showing Adam and they sewed fig tree leaves togetherEve, where Adam wears a typical Elizabethan beard and made themselves breechesmoustache.}}

The differences in the actual text between the Geneva and Authorized Versions are minor. Nevertheless they are critical to distinguishing To compare the Geneva Bible from with the Authorized Version or any other versionKing James, here is Revelation&nbsp;6:12-17 in both versions (with spelling modernized).The differences have been italicized in the King James extract:

=== The Marginal Notes ==={{col-begin}}The copious marginal notes are {{col-2}}'''Geneva Bible''': And I beheld when he had opened the key feature sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun was as black as sackcloth of hair, and the Geneva Biblemoon was like blood. And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her green figs, when it is shaken of a mighty wind. And heaven departed away, as a scroll, when it is rolled, and every mountain and isle were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and among the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and its key difference hide us from the Authorized Versionpresence of him that sitteth on the throne, which has no such notesand from the wrath of the Lamb. As Foster<ref name=Foster/> stated, For the Geneva great day of his wrath is come, and who can stand?{{col-2}}'''King James Bible ''': And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun ''became'' black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon ''became as'' blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, ''even'' as a fig tree casteth her ''untimely'' figs, when ''she'' is shaken of a mighty wind. And ''the first true ''study Bibleheaven ''departed'' as a scroll when it is rolled ''together''; and every mountain and ''island was'' moved out of their places. Its translators sought to explain to And the common kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man not only what , hid themselves in ''the Bible '' dens and ''in'' the rocks of the mountains; and said but also what it meant.to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the ''face'' of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come; and who ''shall be able to'' stand?{{col-end}}

These notes are highly revealing [[Image:Genevabible.png|thumb|upright|The title page of the mind-set [[1560]] edition of the Geneva editors. For that reason they are at least as valuable as a source of insight into Reformation thinking as they are as explanatory text of the Bible itself; the illustration depicts the Israelites before the [[Red Sea]].]]

==== Literalism ====The Geneva editors regarded their Bible as literal history. This included It is striking how close the history of [[creation]], the genealogy of the pre-[[Great Flood|Flood]] Patriarchs<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5}}</ref>, and the full history and exact time-line of the ancient [[Judaism|Jews]]two versions are to each other. Some Examination of their notes beg explanation--for example, their counting of differences reveals that the "four hundred years" of oppression of the Israelites<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=15|verses=13}}</ref> as beginning with the birth of [[Isaac]] earlier Geneva version frequently sounds more direct and not with modern than the entry of [[Jacob]] into [[Egypt]]later King James, e. This, however, is a minor quibbleg.

==== Eschatology ====Though they took their Bible ''history'' literally, they did not take ''prophecy'' nearly as literally. This is especially true as regards [[eschatology]] (literally, "“and the last words"moon was like blood” (Geneva). Like their friend and protector [[John Calvin]], versus “and the Geneva editors held to the following doctrines:moon became as blood” (King James)

==== Anti-Catholic sentiment ====The Geneva editors infused their notes with many attacks against Bible has sometimes been called the [[Roman Catholic Church]]--hardly a surprise considering the persecution in which the RCC''Breeches Bible, and Queen Mary I, were then engaging. The most striking attack against Rome is the handling '' after its rendering of the prophecy of the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem<refcite>{{Bible ref|book=Revelation|chap=11|verses=1-14}}[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28King_James%29/Genesis#3:7 Genesis 3:7]</refcite> The Bible says, of course, that two men prophesied for 1,260 days in the court of the [[Temple of Jerusalem]]. The Geneva notes say instead that the two witnesses stand for : (using modern spelling) "ministers" of Then the Word eyes of [[God]] that are ''outside'' of the RCCthem both were opened, and they knew that the 1they were naked,260 days are actually 1and they sewed fig tree leaves together,260 ''years'' that began with the Crucifixion (which they assumed had taken place in AD 33 or 34) and ended with the accession to the papacy of made themselves [[Popebreeches]] ." The older [[Boniface VIIIWyclif's Bible|Wycliffe Bible]] also used "breeches" (r. 1294-1303spelled "brechis")in this verse. Boniface was famous for issuing a papal bull stating that Other translations use "aprons", to be saved"coverings", every man had to be a member "loincloths", "loin coverings", or "girdles" instead of the RCC--and the Geneva notes further accused Boniface of obtaining his office by fraud"breeches". The notes on other verses in Revelation go further: they identify the [[Roman Empire]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] with the Beast of {{Bible ref|book=Revelation|chap=13}}.<ref>The original [[Greek]] word is ''therion'', which means not merely a wild animal but a murdering and ravening one.</ref>

==== Royal authority and its limits ==See also ==The Geneva editors, in their notes, spoke of limits on royal authority, and this is probably why * [[James IEditio Regia]] specifically ordered a translation of the Bible ''without'' annotation. He construed any limit on royal authority as a challenge to his own authority. For example, the note for {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=1|verses=19|version=KJV}} says the following of the [[Hebrew]] midwives who disobeyed the Pharaoh in refusing to kill Hebrew boy-children at birth:<ref name=Ex119>''1599 Geneva Bible'', Tolle Lege Press, ''op. cit.'', p. 60</ref> {{Cquote|Their disobedience herein was lawful, but their dissembling evil.}} The very notion that the disobedience of a royal command might be a lawful act would be anathema to a king who believed that he ruled by divine right and answered only to [[God]] and not to any of his subjects.<ref name=Brown/> The footnote for {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=1|verses=22|version=KJV}} would surely have been worse:{{Cquote|When tyrants cannot prevail by craft, they burst forth into open rage.}}

The firm belief of the editors of the Tolle Lege edition is that these marginal notes were the catalyst not only for the furtherance (such as it was) of the reformation in England, but also, and more to the point, for the political revolutions in the English-speaking world<ref name=Foster/>--presumably beginning with the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688 and continuing with the [[American Revolution]] of 1776-83. They hold this belief even though the Geneva Bible ceased printing in 1644, long before [[William and Mary]] and more than a century before the American Revolution. Brown<ref name=Brown/> points out that the [[Church of England]] retained all of the trappings and hierarchical structure of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the chief difference being that the Archbishop of Canterbury answered no longer to the [[Pope]] of [[Rome]] but directly to the British crown.References=={{reflist}}

== References External links=={{reflist|2}}Facsimiles*[http://www.thedcl.org/bible/gb/index.html A Digital Facsimile of the 1560 Geneva Bible] at The DCL.*[http://reactor-core.org/geneva/ A Digital Facsimile by Reactor-Core]

== External Links ==Text* [http://www.tollelegepressreformedreader.comorg/ Tolle Lege Pressgbn/en.htm Geneva Bible Footnotes] (Company site)* [http://www.1599genevabiblestudylight.comorg/desk/?=1en&query=Genesis+1&translation=gen Geneva Bible online]*[http://www.bibles.org.uk/pdf/bibles/ 1599 Geneva BibleText] (Official links to a commercial site)* [http://www.genevabible.org/ Geneva.html Modern Spelling Geneva Bible 1599with Footnotes for the Gospels] (Unofficial site)

== See Also ==Articles* [[King James http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/oct1960/v17-3-article6.htm ''The Geneva Bibleof 1560'']: article by [[Bruce Metzger]] originally printed in ''Theology Today''* [http://www.bible-researcher.com/geneva6.html Online version of Sir Frederic G. Kenyon’s article] in ''[Biblical chronology dispute[Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]]'', 1909

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