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Added Material Placed in Bibles

Many Bibles contain material in addition to the Scriptures themselves. These include such items as maps, concordances, charts, and Scripture cross-references. Following are some of these supplements from Bible in the Museum’s collection; they have been transcribed for ease of reading and studying:
Geneva Bible Of the Incomparable treasure of the Holy Scriptures - this poem and prayer followed most printings of the Geneva Bible after 1578. How to take profit in reading of the Holy Scriptures - a flow chart on studying the Scripture. Alexander Cruden's Concordance Preface to the 1st edition of Cruden’s Concordance, 1737. A Collection of the Names and Titles Given to Jesus Christ & A Collection of the Appellations Given to the Church of God in the Scriptures, 1st American edition, 1806. Prayer before the reading of Scriptures, from William Burkitt’s Expository Notes, 1794. From Matthew Carey’s 1801 Bible Judea, Palestine, or the Holy Land. Chronological Index of the years and times from Adam unto Christ. Brief chronological catalogue of the apostles and their successors. Old Testament Passages used in the New Testament The Old and New Testament Dissected. A Clergyman’s Address to Married Persons at the Altar
Table of the several passages in the Old Testament quoted by Christ and his Apostles in the New Testament, 1805. A Concise Introduction to the Study of the Holy Scriptures by James MacKnight. Concise View of the Evidences of the Christian Religion by John Fletcher. Synopsis of the Holy Bible, or brief commentary on the several books contained in the Old and New Testaments, 1812. Table of Weights and Measures mentioned in Scripture, 1812. Account of the dates or time of writing the books of the New Testament, 1812. Table of Offices and Conditions of Men. Table Kindred and Affinity. Lives of the Apostles, first appearing in John Holbrook’s quarto Bible published in Brattleborough, Vermont in 1817

Beyond the Sacred Page provides a historical overview of these additions.