1599 Geneva Bible (Tolle Lege edition)
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Tolle Lege website: https://genevabible.com
From the publisher:
The 1599 Geneva Bible Restoration Project
The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically influential books in English-speaking history, informing the minds of such literary greats as Shakespeare and Milton. But today's reader will encounter difficulty reading a facsimile edition due to its cramped archaic typography and outdated spellings and word usage. Tolle Lege Press undertook the Geneva Bible Restoration Project for this very reason - to bring this great work to the modern reader. Using the most complete edition of the Geneva Bible - the 1599 edition - the work was painstakingly re-typeset with modern typography and spelling, including all of the original footnotes and translations.
This edition removes the major obstacles for the contemporary reader, returning this historic Bible to its rightful place of influence and importance. The original 1599 Geneva Bible gave God's Word back to the people, and Tolle Lege Press desires that the tradition continue.
This edition features:
- Word-for-word accuracy with the 1599 Geneva Bible
- Original cross references
- Modern Spelling
- Old English Glossary
- Original study notes by Reformers
There has already been an Olive Tree digital edition already out for a couple of years.
(https://www.olivetree.com/store/product.php?productid=41100)
From the publisher:
The 1599 Geneva Bible Restoration Project
The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically influential books in English-speaking history, informing the minds of such literary greats as Shakespeare and Milton. But today's reader will encounter difficulty reading a facsimile edition due to its cramped archaic typography and outdated spellings and word usage. Tolle Lege Press undertook the Geneva Bible Restoration Project for this very reason - to bring this great work to the modern reader. Using the most complete edition of the Geneva Bible - the 1599 edition - the work was painstakingly re-typeset with modern typography and spelling, including all of the original footnotes and translations.
This edition removes the major obstacles for the contemporary reader, returning this historic Bible to its rightful place of influence and importance. The original 1599 Geneva Bible gave God's Word back to the people, and Tolle Lege Press desires that the tradition continue.
This edition features:
- Word-for-word accuracy with the 1599 Geneva Bible
- Original cross references
- Modern Spelling
- Old English Glossary
- Original study notes by Reformers
There has already been an Olive Tree digital edition already out for a couple of years.
(https://www.olivetree.com/store/product.php?productid=41100)
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I was disappointed that the name of God was not in the Geneva Bible when it just came out August 2022 in print. I had it back ordered. The king James version took the name Yahweh and others out. Why did not the Geneva Bible restore that? Very disappointed ☹️0
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@Sterling Feldges "Yahweh" is a modernist invention based off theories from the Canaanite language; it's an attempt at reconstruction.
"Jehovah" has long been the Reformation-based translated name for the Hebrew of: YHVH (יְהוָ֔ה).
From the 1599 Geneva Bible [minus the italics and footnote indicators]:
Exodus 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob by the Name of Almighty God, but by my Name Jehovah was I not known unto them.0 -
@A Reformed I never heard that before and John MacArthur and the Masters Seminary just came out with the Legacy Standard Bible which has Yah and Yahweh in it. That is how Grace Community Church preaches from the pulpit by using Yahweh.0
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@A Reformed also if Yahweh is pagan, then so is Hallelujah. jah is short for Yah which is short for Yahweh. Do you have any sources to back up that Yahweh is wrong? Because if it is I would like to stop using it. And if it isn't then this Geneva Bible was a disappointment because it follows the same thing that the King James version did and every version there after. Which was take the name of God out of the Bible.0
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also if Yahweh is pagan, then so is Hallelujah. jah is short for Yah which is short for Yahweh. If it is wrong then I would like to stop using Yahweh. Do you have other sources? Because I thought it was the King James version that took God's name out of the Bible and that every translation after that follows that. So if that is true then the king James version was a disappointment0
