Rare, Ancient Bible Is Part of Nation’s Religious Heritage | Pennsylvania News | US News
The return of a rare Bible to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is more than a homecoming – it is a reminder that the Geneva Bible has been part of this country’s religious heritage since the beginning.
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The Geneva Bible doesn’t have the modern constituency of the King James Version, but its influence, especially on early American history, is without question, McDermott said.
“This is the Bible that is behind the liberationist ideology of the early American colonists,” he said. “It’s the Bible that John Winthrop owned. It was taken on the Mayflower. It’s sort of the founding Bible of the United States.”
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