Tolle Lege Press
is pleased to announce the recent release of the America’s
Four-Hundredth Anniversary Edition of the 1599 Geneva Bible (1607-2007).
This special family edition of the 1599 Geneva Bible is
re-introduced by Dr. Marshall Foster who reveals remarkable accounts from
history of how the Geneva Bible played a key role in the settling and
building of America beginning in 1607. The Geneva Bible is credited as the
Bible that built America and its republication is providentially planting
seeds for America’s restoration. This new commemorative edition is larger
(8.75 x 11.5 x 2.5) and is hardbound in a genuine leather that is embossed
and stamped with gold. The pages are also gilded in gold and a special
section has been added in the front of this Bible for a family tree,
record of births, marriages, and deaths. This luxurious edition is truly a
Family Bible that will be cherished by your family for many generations.
When the Pilgrims arrived in America in 1620,
they brought along supplies, a consuming passion to advance the Kingdom of
Christ, a bright hope for the future, and the Word of God. Clearly, their
most precious cargo was the Bible. Have you ever wondered what version
of the Bible the Pilgrims brought to America on the Mayflower?
Believe it or not, it was not the King James Version of 1611. It was
actually the 1599 Geneva Bible – a forgotten yet priceless treasure.
The Geneva Bible, printed over
200 times between 1560 and 1644, was the most widely read and influential
English Bible of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This superb
translation was the product of the best Protestant scholars of the day and
became the Bible of choice for many of the greatest writers, thinkers,
and historical figures of that time. Men such as Shakespeare, John
Bunyan, and John Milton used the Geneva Bible, and it was
reflected in their writings. During the English Civil War, Oliver
Cromwell issued a pamphlet containing excerpts from the Geneva Bible to
his troops. William Bradford cited the Geneva Bible in his book Of
Plymouth Plantation.
The Geneva Bible is unique among all other
Bibles. It was the first Bible to use chapters and numbered verses and
became the most popular version of its time because of the extensive
marginal notes. These notes, written by Reformation leaders such as John
Calvin, John Knox, Miles Coverdale, William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby,
and others, were included to explain and interpret the scriptures for the
common people.
For nearly half a century these notes
helped the people of England, Scotland, and Ireland understand the Bible
and true liberty. King James despised the Geneva Bible because he
considered the notes on key political texts to be seditious and a threat
to his authority. Unlike the King James Version, the Geneva Bible was not
authorized by the government. It was truly a Bible by the people and for
the people. You can see why this remarkable version with its profound
marginal notes played a key role in the formation of the American
Republic.
Sadly, 407 years after its original
publication, this wonderful version of the Bible has been nearly
forgotten. The only complete version available today is a large, more
difficult-to-read facsimile edition. A facsimile edition contains
pictures of the original pages. The small print and the older English
letters and spellings make it more difficult to read or study. If the
1599 Geneva Bible is to survive the passing of time and be remembered
for generations to come, it must be resurrected and redistributed.
Download the Book of Romans PDF by clicking here.
Click Here For The History Of The Geneva
Bible.
Click Here For
the Introduction to the 1599 Geneva Bible by Dr. Marshall Foster.
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To Meet The Publisher!