The Bible
Subtitle: that is, the Holy scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament.
Contributors: Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.
Publisher: Christopher Barker
Published: 1579
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms. -- Paraphrases.; Psalters.
Other titles: Geneva bible.; Sternhold and Hopkins Psalter. 1578.; Early printed Bibles.
Work titles: Bible. English. Geneva. 1579.
First sentence: In the beginning God created the heaven & the earth.
Description: Published in 1579, this, the Geneva Bible, was the most popular Bible in England in its time, and was used by such notable personages as John Bunyan, Shakespeare, and the Pilgrims.  Because its notes were considered offensive by the monarchy of Great Britain, it was not officially recognized by the Church of England.  Eventually, partially because of the conflict between the Geneva Bible and the official "Bishops Bible" of the Church of England, a new translation, without notes, was called for by King James I.  The resultant translation, known as the Authorised Version (or as the King James Bible in the U.S.A.), borrowed heavily from this Geneva translation.