Geneva Bible (Breeches Bible) - Scripture Translation for the Protestant Reformation (1599)

The Geneva Bible, a translation of scripture that arose alongside the Protestant Reformation in England, was a product of the brutal persecutions of Mary I, which pushed her kingdom's most prominent Bible scholars to Europe in a migration known as the Marian Exile. 800 English Bible translators, including William Whittingham, Miles Coverdale, Christopher Goodman, Anthony Gilby, and John Knox, fled to the European continent and convened in Geneva, Switzerland, a city that had become famous worldwide as a Mecca for persecuted Protestants. There, they collaborated in the production of what would later be called The Geneva Bible, which went on to inspire later translations like the KJV and became the de facto Bible for Calvinist Christians.

Geneva, a city that had become famous worldwide as a Mecca for persecuted Protestants, was the destination for 800 English Bible translators, including William Whittingham, Miles Coverdale, Christopher Goodman, Anthony Gilby, and John Knox, who had fled to the European continent due to the brutal persecutions of Mary I, which had pushed her kingdom's most prominent Bible scholars to Europe in a migration known as the Marian Exile. In this city, the translators collaborated in the production of what would later be called The Geneva Bible, a translation of scripture that arose alongside the Protestant Reformation in England. The Geneva Bible went on to inspire later translations like the KJV and became the de facto Bible for Calvinist Christians.

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