Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
3-1-1961
Document Type
Article
Keywords
geneva bible, new testament, english version, whittingham, calvin, butterworth, darlow, coverdale
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
On April 10, 1560, the last page of an English Bible was taken off the press in Geneva. To say that it "rolled off the presses" would be an anachronism. The task of printing this Bible had been begun in January 1558. Twenty-seven months therefore were required for its printing - "God knoweth with what fear and trembling we have been for the space of two years and more, day and night, occupied herein," its translator-pressmen testify. This was the famed Geneva Bible, now 400 years old, which only slowly gave way to the King James Version (1611) during the 17th century.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Exodus 14:13-14; Psalm 34:19; Psalm 46:1-3rev 9:6; Genesis 3:7;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Meyer, Carl S.
(1961)
"The Geneva Bible,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 32, Article 14.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol32/iss1/14
