"Of the Incomparable Treasure
of the Holy Scriptures"

Geneva Bible

An Exhibit of Historic Bible-related Materials
from the Collection of
the Andover-Harvard Theological Library

October 1998


Contents:
  1. The Geneva Bible
  2. Biblical Genealogies
  3. The First Polyglot Bible
  4. Map Showing the Dispersal of the Children of Noah
  5. The "Gutenberg Bible" of Modern Syriac
  6. Bible Translations
  7. From the Library of William Ellery Channing
  8. The Boston Earthquake of 1727
  9. An Early Puritan Commentary
  10. From the Papers of Caspar René Gregory
  11. From the Library of Friedrich Schleiermacher
  12. The Woman's Bible
  13. The First Published Bible Translation by a Woman
  14. The First Hebrew Grammar Published in the New World
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About This Exhibit


Because biblical studies has been at the center of the curriculum of the Harvard Divinity School since its beginning, the library has also throughout its history acquired extensively in this area. Choosing materials from the thousands available in the library for a historical exhibit such as this has been a daunting task. The themes of reading, translating, studying, interpreting, and appreciating "the incomparable treasure of the Holy Scriptures" have led to these selections.

The exhibit takes its name from the poem "Of the Incomparable Treasure of the Holy Scriptures," which appears beginning with 1578 in the preliminary matter of most Geneva Bibles.

This exhibit was originally prepared for display in October 1998 by Clifford Wunderlich, along with Russell Pollard and Charles Willard, and with the assistance of other staff in the Andover-Harvard Library, especially Doris Freitag and Timothy Driscoll, and Thomas Jenkins of the Harvard Divinity School's Office of Development and Public Affairs. Special thanks go to Pamela Matz, Curator of Exhibits in the Harvard College Library, for some last minute help in setting up the exhibit. The online version was prepared by Clifford Wunderlich. Please direct corrections, comments, etc. to him.

 



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