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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The bible that gave way to the modern world, comes complete with study notes. I believe it to be the most accurate bible today. ( ) A marvelous glimpse at the mind of the early reformers and our Christian ancestors. If one could sit at the feet of the English speaking reformed community at Geneva or of the pilgrim fathers who came to America, this is the type of Bible teaching that would have been received. I find the Geneva translation actually more readable than the KJV even though its an earlier one. The margin notes (actually at the bottom of the page in this edition) are very helpful both in understanding beliefs in 1599 and in understanding the scriptures in general. It was King James' hatred of these margin notes (which condemned tyrants and called for even kings to be in submission to the law of God) that in fact led to the KJV which he hoped would supplant the Geneva Bible in the English speaking world. That is eventually what happened with the Geneva Bible becoming obscure. I'm very happy that someone has taken the time to re-issue this important piece of Christian history.
For many years, the only available versions of the Geneva Bible were either originals or facsimile editionsbasically photocopies of the original printed editions. These were often hard for modern readers to appreciate because of archaic small-font typography, Elizabethan spelling, and the grainy xeroxed look of the pages. But Tolle Lege Presss version of the 1599 Geneva Bible has been painstakingly re-typeset and proofread to produce a clean, crisp, modern version that is absolutely identical in all substance to the Bible the Pilgrims carried on the Mayflower. Tolle Lege Press believes this prodigious effort was worthwhile because a readable, relevant version of the Geneva Bible is vitally important to America todayso we can both understand our Christian roots and build upon that heritage for the future. Word-for-word accuracy of the 1599 Geneva translation, Modern spelling, Easy-to-read print, Middle English Glossary, Original cross references, Thousands of original study notes by the Reformers, Includes articles by Gary DeMar and Dr. Marshall Foster on the history of the Geneva Bible, Free CD-ROM that includes The 1599 Geneva Bible, Apocrypha, & Metrical Psalms in searchable PDF format No library descriptions found. |
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