Geneva Bible

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The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Bible translation
Protestant Bible
basedOn original Greek texts
original Hebrew texts
cityOfOrigin Geneva
compiledBy English Protestant exiles in Geneva
contains Apocrypha (in early editions)
surface form: Apocrypha

New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
countryOfOrigin Switzerland
denominationalContext Calvinist
Reformed
editor Anthony Gilby
Thomas Sampson
William Whittingham
feature book introductions
chapter and verse numbering throughout
chronological tables
doctrinal commentary
explanatory marginal notes
firstPublicationPlace Geneva
firstPublicationYear 1560
genre study Bible
influenced Puritanism
surface form: English Puritanism

King James Version
early American Protestantism
influencedBy Coverdale Bible
Great Bible
Tyndale Bible
surface form: William Tyndale Bible
language English
notableFeature Roman typeface
extensive marginal notes
maps and illustrations
study aids
verse divisions
opposedBy Anglican authorities
James VI and I
surface form: King James I of England
popularInCentury 16th century
17th century
printedIn Edinburgh
Geneva
London, England
surface form: London
religiousTradition Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
scriptureType Bible
surface form: Christian Bible
supersededBy King James Version
theologicalOrientation Calvinist
Reformed
usedBy Puritanism
surface form: English Puritans

Separatists
surface form: English Separatists

Huguenots
Pilgrims
Church of Scotland
surface form: Scottish Presbyterians
usedIn English-speaking Protestant worship
private Bible study

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King James Version predecessor Geneva Bible
Matthew Bible followedBy Geneva Bible
Matthew Bible influenced Geneva Bible
Tyndale Bible influenced Geneva Bible
Textus Receptus influenced Geneva Bible
Bishops' Bible basedOn Geneva Bible
Received Text basisFor Geneva Bible
subject surface form: Textus Receptus
this entity surface form: New Testament of the Geneva Bible
Great Bible successor Geneva Bible
this entity surface form: Geneva Bible (in popular use)
Thomas Sampson contributedTo Geneva Bible
Anthony Gilby notableWork Geneva Bible
William Whittingham notableWork Geneva Bible