ArchivedQustions about your bible. ...........James established three rules to govern the work of translation. No marginal notes were permitted except to explain the meaning of the Greek words. Ecclesiastical words such as church and priest were to be used to translate their Greek counterparts. Tyndale had never used the word church in his editions of the Bible because the word at that time only applied to those who had taken vows to the religious establishment. Tyndale used the word congregation to translate the word in the original language, thus underscoring the biblical teaching that the church includes all who have personal faith in Christ, not just those who have taken holy orders. James' third rule was that the Bishops' Bible was to be the basis of the translation and it was to be corrected only to bring it into greater conformity to the meaning of the original languages.
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So what happened to the Geneva Bible that out sold the King James "Authorized Version"? However, what finally decided the issue in favor of the King James Bible had little to do with the relative merits of the two translations. After the death of King James, his son Charles I ascended to the throne. Charles appointed William Laud, who had been Bishop of London, to the see of Canterbury. One of Laud's first orders was to forbid the printing of the Geneva Bible in England to assure uniformity of Bibles. At first, this did not cause any difficulty because it was easy to procure copies from overseas. However, Laud issued an edict forbidding the importation of the Geneva Bible because it would cause economic hardship to British printers. The last printing of the Geneva Bible was done in Amsterdam in 1644.
It is an irony of history that the popularity of the King James Bible was due to political and economic reasons as much as to the quality of the translation. However, there is one further irony that exists. Another name given to the King James Bible is the Authorized Version or "A.V." However, there is no record that any official authorization was ever given to the King James Version.
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If you take the time to do real research you would have discovered the KJ Bible is a revision of the Bishop's Bible, so the 54 scholars you laud are in fact nothing more than editors who used the Geneva Bible as their guide and changed the real meaning of some Greek words in accordance with the orders of King James. In addition to being the reason for its popularity, the marginal notes of the Geneva Bible were also the reason for its demise. These strongly Protestant notes so infuriated King James that he considered it "seditious" and made its ownership a felony. James I was particularly worried about marginal notes such as the one in Exod 1: 19, which allowed disobedience to Kings. Consequently, King James eventually introduced the King James Version, which drew largely from the Geneva Bible (minus the marginal notes that had enraged him). During the reign of James I and into the reign of Charles I the use of the Geneva Bible steadily declined as the Authorized King James version became more widely used. In 1644 the Geneva Bible was printed for the last time.
http://www.apuritansmind.com/PuritanWor ... aBible.htm However, the Geneva Bible is back in print and is available to those who want to spend the money to purchase one. My local Christian bookstore can order me one but it costs $175, however it is available online:
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
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