(New) Series 1 Episode 5 Part One. Geneva — The Bible of the Exiles.

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The artwork is the cover from an original copy of the Geneva Bible dated 1560.

First published in 1560, the Geneva Bible became one of the most historically significant English translations of Scripture. It appeared twenty-two years before the Rheims New Testament and fifty-one years before the King James Bible.

The Geneva Bible became the most widely read English Protestant Bible of the late sixteenth century. Its language was known to writers and religious figures including William Shakespeare, John Knox and John Donne, although they also encountered other English translations. Copies of the Geneva Bible were later carried across the Atlantic by English settlers, helping to establish its influence in North America.

The Music is I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art. Sung by the Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. Author: Anonymous. Source: French, 1545; French Psalter, Strasbourg, 1545.

The full text of the hymn appears in the epilogue.

Notes:

First published in 1560, the Geneva Bible was a groundbreaking work that represented a remarkable achievement in Renaissance scholarship, printing, and Reformation theology.

Part One tells the story of the English Protestant exiles who fled the reign of Queen Mary and attempted to rebuild their religious community in continental Europe.

It follows their disputes in Frankfurt, their journey to Geneva, and the work of William Whittingham and his companions as they created a Bible designed not only to be read, but to be studied and understood by ordinary people.

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