The Geneva Bible 1560 Edition Review.

Name: The Geneva Bible.
Year: 1560.
Publisher: Hendrickson Bibles.
ISBN: 978-1-59856-212-5
Price (US): $69.99



Review after the jump.

The Hendrickson 1560 edition of the Geneva Bible is a facsimile of an original  copy of the 1560 Geneva Bible, and in that lies my biggest and only complaints: some of the letters are faded, some are so faded they are illegible, but only a very small few. 
The study notes, written by the likes of John Calvin, Theodore Beza and John Knox to name a few, are written in the margins in very small font, so small that I need to use a magnifying glass to view them.
However this facsimile of the  Geneva Bible has plenty of redeeming qualities; all of the original notes, artwork and maps are preserved and untouched, the binding is sturdy, and most importantly, your getting the original 1560 Geneva translation of the Bible.


As for the translation itself, the Middle English used in this translation may at first appear inaccessible to modern English speakers, but upon closer examination it is definitely readable, assuming one has spent a decent amount of time with the King James Version.

It's worth mentioning that this Bible also includes the Apocrypha, along with the Reformer's notes on it and a introduction explaining why they included the Apocrypha.


Pros:

• Notes written by major Reformers.
• Original maps and artwork.
• Historical 1560 Geneva translation.
• Sturdy binding
•  "Arguments" or introductions to most Books written by the Reformers.

Cons:

• Faded letters.
• The notes are in a small type set.

Sample text:

Psalms 1 from the 1560 Geneva Bible:

Bleffed is the man that doeth not walke in the counfel of the wicked, nor ftand in the way of finners, nor fit in the feat of the fcornfull: but his delite is in the law of the Lord, & his law doeth he meditate day and night.

for he fhal be like a tre planted by the riuers of waters, that will bring forthe her frute in due feafon:  whole leafe fhal not fade: fo whatfoeuer he fhal do, fhal profper. the wicked are not fo, but as the chaffe which the winde driueth away.

therefore the wicked fhal not ftand in the Iudgement nt, not finners in the affemiblie of the rigghteous.

For the Lord knoweth the way of of the righteous, and the way of the wiked fhal perifh.

Psalms 1 from the ESV:

 Blessed is the man [1]

who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

2 but his delight is in the law [2] of the Lord,

and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree

planted by streams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

4 The wicked are not so,

but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish

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