Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Bible of the Pilgrims & Patriots—Back After 400 Years!



The Bible of the Pilgrims & Patriots—Back After 400 Years! IN STOCK NOW: 
1599 Geneva Bible—Patriot's Edition

"The Bible of The Second American Revolution"
This Special Edition Includes:
• 1599 Geneva Bible Text
• 300,000 Study Notes
• Prayer of George Washington
• The Magna Carta
• The Mayflower Compact
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Constitution of the United States
• Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
• Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior

Between 1560 and 1599, The Geneva Bible was providentially unleashed upon a dark, discouraged, downtrodden English speaking world. Just when it looked as if the Machiavellian, Divine Right kings, such as the Tudors of England, were about to drive Christendom back to the days of Caesar worship, a Bible appeared that set the stage for a Christian Reformation of life and culture the likes of which the world had never seen. By the time of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, just 28 years after the first printing of the Geneva Bible, it was already being said of the English that they were becoming a "people of the Book." The results of a people reading and obeying the Word of God were the explosion of faith, character, the first missionary movement in history, literature, economic blessing, and political and religious freedom.
The Pilgrims brought the 1599 Geneva Bible with them when they arrived in the New World in 1620. All but forgotten in our day, this version of the Bible was the most widely read and influential English Bible of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A superb translation, it was the product of the best Protestant scholars of the day and became the Bible of choice for many of the greatest writers and thinkers of that time. Men such as William Shakespeare, John Bunyan, and John Milton used the Geneva Bible in their writings. William Bradford also cited the Geneva Bible in his famous 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 more than 300,000 notes were included to explain and interpret the scriptures for the common people.
Tolle Lege Press has partnered with White Hall Press to release of a beautiful new edition of the historic 1599 Geneva Bible - Patriot's Edition!
The Patriot's Edition of the 1599 Geneva Bible is the same Scripture, word for word, that the Pilgrims brought to America nearly 400 years ago. This new edition, however, features a prayer by George Washington, which begins...
"O eternal and everlasting God, i presume to present myself this morning before thy divine majesty, beseeching thee to accept of my humble and hearty thanks, that it hath pleased thy great goodness to keep and preserve me the night past from all the dangers poor mortals are subject to, and has given me sweet and pleasant sleep, whereby i find my body refreshed and comforted for performing the duties of this day, in which i beseech thee to defend me from all perils of body and soul..."
This edition also includes the following historical documents, which are based upon Biblical principles:
The Magna Carta The Mayflower Compact The Declaration of Independence The Articles of Confederation The Constitution of the United States Amendments to the U.S. Constitution Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior ENDORSEMENTS:
"The publication and promulgation of the 1599 Geneva Bible will help restore America's rich Christian heritage and reclaim the culture for Christ." - Dr. D. James Kennedy, Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian ChurchRetail: $35.95 • ORDER FOR ONLY $24.95 • ORDER ONLINE!© 2010 Vision To America ™ — A Division of Christian Worldview Communications, LLC
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

cant wait

jake said...

As a linux user, I have always used Xiphos, a bible study program. Its free! There is also a Windows version for you Windows users. You can add all sorts of bibles in hundreds of languages too. Xiphos HAS the 1599 Geneva bible if anyone is interested.

http://xiphos.org/

The 1599 is not the easiest bible to read. Here is an example:

Geneva1599: Revelation of John 20:10. And the deuill that deceiued them, was cast into a lake of fire and brimstone, where that beast and that false prophet are, and shall be tormented euen day and night for euermore.

*you'll have to read the "u" as a "v" to make the 1599 easier to read... devill instead of deuill.

Now here is the same verse from the Douay-Rheims bible...

DRC: Revelation of John 20:10. And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Teri Gelseth said...

Thanks Dave! I will look at this page! I go for the most original translation I can get.

I feel like I can only believe the Bible as far as it is translated correctly so I do like to compare :)

The other documents in this book are worth a read as well and this book has significance as a historical reference as well. Love it!