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The Bishops' Bible succeeded the Great Bible of 1539, the first authorised bible in English, and the Geneva Bible published by Sir Rowland Hill in 1560. [1]The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible (more evident in the marginal notes than in the translation itself) offended the high-church party of the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed.
The Library houses over 460 Bibles including a rare Coverdale Bible (1535) and Tyndale Bible (1550); as well as first editions of the Matthew Bible (1537), Great Bible (1539), Bishops' Bible (1568), Geneva Bible (1560), and King James Bible (1611). The collection is available at the Library and on the web. [3]
The Geneva Bible (1557, the New Testament; 1560, the whole Bible) The Bishops' Bible (1568) The Rheims-Douai Bible (1582, the New Testament; 1609–1610, the whole Bible) The Authorised King James Bible (1611) As indicated above, Coverdale was involved with the first four of the above. He was partially responsible for Matthew's Bible.
9. "In 1568, the Great Bible was superseded as the authorised version of the Anglican Church by the Bishops' Bible. The last of over 30 editions of the Great Bible appeared in 1569." [14] A version of Cranmer's Great Bible can be found included in the English Hexapla, produced by Samuel Baxter and Sons in 1841. However copies of this work are ...
The result is known as the Bishops' Bible. It was issued in Elizabeth's tenth year (1568), but there is no record that she ever noticed it, though Parker sent her a copy from his sick-bed. Its publication (as a complete Bible) ceased before the first issue of the new official (though not formally "authorized") version, the King James Version of ...
The Geneva Bible had also motivated the earlier production of the Bishops' Bible under Elizabeth I for the same reason, and the later Rheims–Douai edition by the Catholic community. The Geneva Bible nevertheless remained popular among Puritans and was in widespread use until after the English Civil War. The last edition was printed in 1644. [14]