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Recommendations

Geneva Bible

Geneva Bible

All of these editions have these things in common:
  • Ital­ics indi­cate added words.
  • Side mar­gin cross ref­er­ences and notes.
  • Notes include explanation, commentary and variant readings.
  • Prot­es­tant bias in the notes is extremely anti-Ro­man Cath­o­lic.
  • Pro­nun­ci­a­tion marks for selected names.
Sorted from most to least recommended.
Edition CAR Pros Cons Sample
Edition CAR Pros Cons Sample
Hen­drick­son 1560 4.90
  • Eas­ily the most inex­pen­sive edi­tion.
  • 7 point font size
4 pages
Grey­den 1560 4.00
  • Page size is 150% larger than the Great­Site fac­sim­i­les, per­haps indi­cat­ing a 12 point font size.
  • Very expen­sive.
  • Details of this edi­tion very sparse.
None
Great­Site 1560 —
  • Pho­to­graphic repro­duc­tion.
  • Pages 125% orig­i­nal size (roughly 8.1 point font size).
  • Avail­a­ble in a true fac­sim­ile edi­tion (though still enlarged).
  • Very expen­sive.
1 page
Plimoth 1599 —
  • Con­tains expanded com­men­tary of the 1599 edi­tion.
  • Con­tains very slightly revised Thomp­son Geneva New Tes­ta­ment.
  • Two vol­umes.
  • Expen­sive.
  • Warn­ing!  Not all reprints con­tain the Apoc­ry­pha.  Seek further infor­ma­tion before order­ing.
None
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