The 1560 Geneva Bible in Black Genuine Leather

Contents

00:00 Introduction
01:19 Paste-down construction, corners, liner
01:51 Paper qualities
02:35 Bible dimensions
04:00 Title page, copyright page, preface, introduction
04:41 Historical background
05:08 Originals for this facsimile
05:58 The original title page, contents, and epistle to Queen Elizabeth I
06:40 The 1560 Geneva Bible includes the Apocrypha
07:11 A quick look at the New Testament
07:35 The tables in the back, and a chronology
08:24 Geneva Bible innovations
08:59 Page layout
10:20 Font size
11:37 Some features (e.g., the thorn, the u for v, the long s, I for J, ~ for omissions)
14:11 Print non-uniformity (fading)
15:00 Font comparisons
17:09 The paper is not shiny and thick
17:36 King James's basic complaint against the Geneva Bible
21:00 Readability compared to the KJV
23:01 Readability: Luke 2 in the 1560 Geneva Bible
25:14 Summary

[DanFree]

the greatest treasure of the 1560 Bible are the commentaries ;)

[scottbenzing]

Thank you for taking the time to give us a sneak peak into your new Bible. I am looking at getting that same edition, so I appreciate your work to create this content.

[joeymac]

The question is not which reading one believes to be easier or clearer according to their own understanding, but rather which has the correct reading regardless....

[nailtoncesardossantos]

Good morning Dear! I feel enchanted by this wonderful work and also by challenging myself to read it in Old English. and I want to emphasize how you have this brilliance and ease of syntactically interpreting words that are so old that this beautiful bible presents to us. May God always enlighten you and may your intelligence be a reflection for our understanding.

[misskim]

This version is lovely. I’ve been looking for a Geneva Bible *app* that retains the original spelling. I had one, I loved it, I had all my notes in it. Then my phone crashed.

That’s when I realized how much I referred to it, it was front and center on the home screen, dear to my heart.

And when I went to get the app again, even though I had lost all my notes… The one I had is not available, although there is one using the same icon, though from a different developer than the one I had, or so it seems. Some things are the same, some things are different.

My version had many fonts to choose from, which was wonderful. It had more little adjustable details, such as letter and line height and spacing, but most importantly, it retained the original spelling, and the fonts held to the original forms of certain letters as well.

When I saw the same icon, for a moment, I thought I had found it. But no, I was mistaken. Although the page layout is the same, it is a stripped down, bare-bones, modernized version than what I had. Heartbreaking.

There are a handful of Geneva Bible apps…but they all are “modernized”. What’s the point of a modernized Geneva Bible? Don’t we have enough “modernized“ Bibles?
They all have “fixed“ the spelling. I do not want it “fixed”. I want it exactly as-is, like it is here.

Not everyone wants things dumbed-down for them. It’s been a vexing situation to try to find an app in the original spelling. I just want the one that was on my phone that died. It was perfect. I’m looking for some rogue app, because app stores and large market places only have the stripped down, modernized Geneva Bible.

I have a flash drive with wonderful old Bibles on it, including the Geneva, but I like having one that I can read on my phone, wherever I am, at anytime.

I also use it to compare, and see how far some have drifted away when they go quoting the Bible from modern translations. I prefer KJV or earlier, and I’m really fond of the Geneva in particular.

I am still on the lookout for an app where I can just go right to a particular book, and keep some notes as well.

And I would love an early Bible…one with no verses, to read the scriptures as they were originally written. It does change the flow, and sometimes it’s really important. Sometimes they really chop it up to make a verse, in weird spots that I don’t particularly like. Even in mid-sentence, for example.

I wouldn’t mind reading it as it was, just with the original flow. I don’t know how it was in Hebrew and Aramaic, (and Greek and Hebrew for the NT), if they made paragraphs and chapters, or if they just wrote all the way through a book or letter, but I don’t mind just reading it the way the scribes would have done… in our language. Clearly, we don’t read right to left as they did and do, and so forth.

[chrismuller]

Thank you so much for your time in putting together such an informative and soothing review of this bible. Your intelligence shines through in your syntax and word usage combined with your eloquence. It was truly a pleasure to listen to you for 26 minutes. I have been struggling as to which version to purchase. I wanted an authentic reproduction with the original English but was very concerned about the font size, as I would like to read this bible on a daily basis. You have addressed all my concerns and helped me to make a decision. I am buying this bible. I can only pray that I will one day be able to read it as smoothly as yourself.
Warm blessing and appreciation.

[Gvb-deloveoftheoldwest]

I have been looking at that one on the Internet.
Since, you showed it.
I now know that's exactly what I've been wanting!
Thanks brother!
Six years later it's 175.00 now!

[geraldparker]

I wish that some publisher would release an edition of this 1560 Geneva Bible with spelling modernised. It is nice to have a facsimile (and I have this in hardback), but I suspect that I and others would use it more if it were in modernised spellings (not involving word changes, just the Geneva's words spelled as current Enlgish spells them in either England or in the U. S. of A. There is such an edition of the 1599 Geneva Bible, but it lacks the Apocrypha, which the 1560 Geneva included. This would be helpful for Lutherans and Anglicans who use the Apocrypha to varying degrees.

[henkdevries]

Watching this again just to celebrate a new review on this channel!

[דגנדשסקט]

Thanks for giving the necessary information so anyone can purchase.

6 mo later: I have found the Geneva a bit more clear than KJV, possibly even eliminating the concordance, although I was not seeking to be lazy about the words. For instance, Potiphar in the Geneva is called exactly what he is, a eunuch. KJV requires a concordance. Suddenly it sheds light on his wife, as to why she wanted Joseph, and gives her a chance to defend herself... that maybe the woman was desperate for a child which castrated men don't beget. Many of my peers, even myself thought this was an adulterous woman. I've since reconsidered that because of the added clarity.

[TradertalkwithGaz]

Great review. I am currently waiting for this to be back in stock in my local book store. Should be picking it up in a couple of days now. Very eager to get my hands on it and read it well. I have a better understanding of the old English text now.

V becomes U (Heauen)
U becomes V (Vpon)
S becomes f (God faid)
J becomes I (Ieremiah)
Whom has an e on the end of it (whome)
Word also (worde)
Son becomes (sonne)

And I'm sure there is more waiting for me in there hahah . Thanks for the upload. God bless ✝️✌

[deximo]

This copy is absolutely gorgeous! I just purchased the hardcover, I really like the facsimile

[robertflower]

This was the first study bible ever to my knowledge. Bible looks great. Thank you for the great review, Mr. Jones!

[magP]

I just purchased 2, I'm so existing can't wait to get😃

[AHappyBachelor]

An excellent review of this bible, thank you!

[haitaiamber]

Thank you! Outstanding review. I was considering this version and both Geneva bible that you have in this video were recommended. I see now their true comparison.

[michaelboucher]

I enjoy your videos, especially this one, and appreciate your knowledge. Many bible reviewers waste five minutes to talk about the box. Rather irritating. Best bible review channel IMHO.

[p.williamfox]

I greatly appreciate your detailed reviews.

[kal-el-vinist]

Thanks for another fantastic review, brother.

[reccocon]

Thank you for what you do.
A first "bible" was paperback "Good News bible" from catholic middle-junior school, personal use. Did not read in its entirety. Decades later have kjv –read front to back and of course, study and inspiration. Investing for the Geneva.
The dagon nor its shenanigans not the Savior nor father, etc.
Lord GOD bless !