Pawn Stars: 1583 Geneva Bible (Season 15) | History

ah I dragged in another book for him you're gonna have to buy it then what is it well you've heard of Geneva watches right yeah well this is the Geneva Bible it's a Protestant Bible printed in the Year 1583 you know King Henry basically decided that he wanted a divorce and they would give it to him so he basically ended Catholicism in England started his own religion because he hated his wife of that much men have been known to do a lot of things for women yeah I can't imagine hating somebody that much my name is Adam I'm coming back to the pawn shop today with a really interesting 16th century English Bible it's known as the Geneva Bible it's a really fascinating relic of history and an important book so I'm asking $1,600 in every copies unique and I think that's a reasonable and fair price for it I don't think I've had one of these in here yet can I touch it absolutely seems always scare me because her fragile Protestantism flourished in England but that mary came to the throne in 1553 and she wanted to revert England back to Catholicism she banned these Bibles being printed yeah that's exactly right didn't she burn out all the Protestants eyes or something Bloody Mary that's it you know you probably know the drink for sure I mean she definitely tortured and persecuted a lot of Protestants so the Protestants fled to Geneva which was a refuge for them and for the first time really they translated the entire Bible out of the original languages Aramaic Hebrew and Greek into an English Bible and this was the first really accessible Bible that people could read in the English language so for being that old I mean it's in pretty good shape right yeah I mean it's got some condition flaws for sure okay what are you looking to get out of it I'm looking for a very modest price I think like 1600 bucks right they're still rare and desirable because it's an interesting Bible and it's so famous and has such importance in history I mean if your dad was here you would grab that in a second from me god I wish I knew more about this stuff but let me give Rebecca a call and have her come down and take a look at it cool thanks a lot that can only help me she's extremely knowledgeable and she's gonna emphasize the importance and history of the Bible to him I hope that's enough to sway him all right so what is it I just don't know I mean I know it's a Geneva Bible I know about Bloody Mary I know about King Henry but what a Bibles worth these days I just don't know I'm really glad Corey called me down he seems so lost one thing that we take for granted is that the Bible being translated into English was a revolutionary act for hundreds of years that would get you burnt at the stake and this revolution affected our English language culture I mean this is the Bible that Shakespeare used I mean it is kind of funny that they printed it in English in a country where they don't speak English they actually use smuggling networks to get it into England so this was contraband all for a book that said there's a lot of stuff going on here okay it's a complicated book okay it's a very nice way to put it out of first the obvious thing is we've got the rear backing it's been repaired yeah it's just a front joint repair looks like it's a little bit crude I admit I'm sorry this repair job it's so awful now let's concentrate on the importance of the Bible in the history on the one hand I like these little notes here this was actually a Study Bible and they made little notations in the margins yeah in some ways those notes were what really upset other theologians because there's a lot of like Protestant philosophy in there that people took issue with learning a lot today so Adam I know you know that this is somewhat common as far as rare books go oh yeah for sure I was hoping it would be an impulse purchase it would have to be in this condition so what do you think it's worth okay I like the provenance I like the history but I think there's just so many other things that are a problem I think optimistically you could try to ask 1,500 for it but let's try it this way should I buy it no no thank you I appreciated I'm gonna pass this is the first time you completely shot me down I can't believe it maybe she'll buy you lunch cuz I'm not buying your Bible yeah oh poor poor Bible the Bible has some issues but we all have issues mr. Ben and I got along famously why he sidled to a pass I got by myself just got a name engraved on how did you end up with this sounds so fun

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Length: 4min 55sec (295 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 01 2018