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2. Geneva Bible - Wikipedia

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   The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the Douay Rheims Bible by 22 years, and the King James Version by 51 years. [1] It was the primary Bible of 16th-century English Protestantism and was used by William Shakespeare , [ 2 ] Oliver Cromwell , John Knox , John Donne and others.

3. Study Bible - Wikipedia

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   Perhaps the first edition of an English language Bible that qualified as a "study Bible" was the Geneva Bible published by Sir Rowland Hill in 1560; [1] [2] it contained extensive cross-references, synopses, and doctrinal points. The text of the Geneva Bible was usually not printed without the commentary, though the Cambridge edition was ...

4. Early Modern English Bible translations - Wikipedia

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   There the spirit of scholarship was untrammeled. They found material for scholarly study of the Bible, and there they made and published a new version of the Bible in English, the Geneva Bible. During Elizabeth's reign sixty editions of it appeared. The Geneva Bible was first published in 1560 (Herbert #107). It made several changes: for one ...

5. List of English Bible translations - Wikipedia

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   Geneva Bible: GEN Early Modern English 1557 (NT) 1560 (complete Bible) Masoretic Text, Textus Receptus: First English Bible with whole of Old Testament translated direct from Hebrew texts Puritan: God's Word: GW Modern English 1995 Lutheran and Christian Good News Bible: GNB Modern English 1976 United Bible Societies (UBS) Greek text

6. Bible version debate - Wikipedia

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   The Geneva Bible (1557) became the "Bible of the Puritans" and made an enormous impression on English Bible translation, second only to Tyndale. Part of this was due to its issue as a small book, an octavo size; part due to the extensive commentary; and part due to the work and endorsement of John Calvin and Theodore Beza , two of the most ...

7. Christianity in the 16th century - Wikipedia

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   1560 Geneva Bible, New Testament a revision of Matthew's version of Tyndale with use of Theodore Beza's New Testament (1556), Old Testament a thorough revision of Great Bible, appointed to be read in Scotland (but not England), at least 140 editions, first Bible with chapter and verse numbers; 1560 Scots Confession, Church of Scotland, Scottish ...