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Modernized Geneva Bible: New Testament Box Set

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Modernized Geneva Bible

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The 1599 Geneva Bible is a remarkable Bible for many reasons: it was the first English Bible translated entirely from the Hebrew and the Greek, it was the first Bible with chapter and verse divisions, it was the first with a legible font, and the first with maps, notes, and chronologies and indices. Most importantly, it was intended not for displaying in churches, but for family reading.

With this in mind, the Modernized Geneva Bible (MGB) updates archaic syntax, spelling, and vocabulary of the first iconic Geneva version, allowing you to read without distraction the most important English Bible of the Reformation: The Geneva went into battle with the Puritans in the English Civil War, the Geneva made enemies of popes and kings across Europe, and the Geneva even went to America with the Pilgrims. 


But the MGB New Testament is not a facsimile edition intended for scholars of the Reformation. The thirteen thin volumes of the MGB New Testament are meant for one thing only: to be pulled off the shelf and read again and again; to be dog-eared and written in; to be consumed. We Christians learn to desire the pure milk of the Word as newborn infants (1 Pet. 2:2), for without feeding our souls we cannot grow spiritually.

Every design decision for this MGB New Testament was made to encourage daily Bible reading:

  • Readers’ format makes the Bible easy to read compared to a typical two-columned Bible with economy-size font;
  • Unlike most other readers’ editions, the MGB retains chapter and verse markings to allow you to keep track of Bible reading plans or sermon references;
  • The thirteen thin volumes are easy to finish in a sitting or two (an average reader can complete the shortest volume in 30 minutes, the longest in just over 2 hours);
  • Creamy text stock and flexible paperback bindings are easy to hold;
  • Lined note pages and reading logs for each volume allow you to make the MGB New Testament your own;
  • Beautiful, textured, and foil-stamped slipcase makes the MGB NT elegant and easy to store.

The Geneva’s original translators—Englishmen in exile from their homeland in Geneva—followed the work of William Tyndale, who famously vowed that he would help even the lowly farm boys to know more Scripture than the scholars of his time. Amen and amen!

The 27 books of the New Testament are separated into thirteen slim volumes for the MGB:

  1. Matthew (96 pgs)
  2. Mark (72 pgs)
  3. Luke (104 pgs)
  4. John (80 pgs)
  5. Acts (104 pgs)
  6. Romans (48 pgs)
  7. Corinthians (72 pgs)
  8. Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians (48 pgs)
  9. Colossians, Philemon, and Thessalonians (48 pgs)
  10. Timothy and Titus (48 pgs)
  11. Hebrews (48 pgs)
  12. James, Peter, and Jude (48 pgs)
  13. Epistles of John & Revelation (80 pgs)

Visit the Modernized Geneva Bible to learn more

TOTAL PAGE COUNT: 896

SIZE: 5.5x8.5"

ISBN-13: 9781947644977

ISBN-10: 1947644971

PUB. DATE: December 1, 2020

Customer Reviews

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Patricia Sunday
Looking forward

Looking forward to start treading but wish whiteness larger for us older people

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Bobby Tankersley
Wonderful reading set

Such a great set of New Testament readers. Looking forward to the Old Testament set and the leather bound.

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Andy Leonard
Learning more about God's Word

I've read many translations of the New Testament and learned from each of them. From a few, I've learned what not to believe. Thankfully, that's only been a few.
the Modernized Geneva Bible translation is refreshing. Having never read the 1599 version, I am unable to compare the two. I find the MGB comparable to the New King James Bible translation in its use of modern language and I like the NKJB for this very reason.

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SETH STILES, DMin.
Beautiful formatting, too modernized

Thank you for the vision for this product via the trailer video. The formatting, page feel, etc. is wonderful. But, I have the original 1560 version in anglo-saxon english, and it really takes you back and connects you with Reformation and post-reformation history. I think this modernized version over does the modernization translation work. I might as well just read from my 2015 ESV. Sorry, but disappointed and cannot refer people to purchase it. Sola Deo GLoria.

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Lawrence Coles
Geneva Bible Set

I like that I can pull out one book at a time to take with me for appointments and so on. Even at home I like to study out of one book at a time as they were originally meant to be read. I also think they did a good job on the updated translation.

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Laura Ayscue
Modernized Geneva Bible

First a word about shipping, EXCELLENT! I ordered this a few days before Christmas and it shipped unbelievably quickly. The Canon people are great at embodying what their books teach.
The Bible itself...A must have for anyone who has the ability to buy books. It's a version that can be trusted and so it's helpful to read the NT from a version you are unfamiliar with. There will be a phrase here or there that will give you pause and make you think about something in a different light. Having the Bible separated in individual small books is a great way to carry it on the go. Although who does that in the days of "devices"? In short, a wonderful Bible study tool. You can listen to it on Canon+ too. So listen and read along...

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Craig Rankin
Great idea, but Cheap Paper

I love the idea with the slip case and such, but was very disappointed in the quality of the paper used. It seemed to be of the quality of the bulk paperbacks that you could buy in the grocery store. It surprised me that there would be the quality slip cover, but poor quality paper.