| Scofield Reference Bible | |
|---|---|
 Cover of a 1917 edition of the Scofield Bible presented as a gift in 1941. | |
| Other names | KJV Scofield Study Bible |
| Language | English |
| Complete Bible published | 1909 |
| Online as | Scofield Reference Bible at Wikisource |
| Authorship | Cyrus I. Scofield (editor) |
| Derived from | King James Version |
| Revision | 1917 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Religious affiliation | Dispensationalism |
| Website | scofieldbible |
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. | |
The Scofield Reference Bible is a widely circulated study Bible. Edited and annotated by the American Bible student Cyrus I. Scofield, it popularized dispensationalism at the beginning of the 20th century. Published by Oxford University Press and containing the entire text of the traditional, Protestant King James Version, it first appeared in 1909 and was revised by the author in 1917.[1]
- ^ The title page listed seven "consulting editors": Henry G. Weston, James M. Gray, W.J. Erdman, A.T. Pierson, W. G. Moorehead, Elmore Harris, and A. C. Gaebelein. "Just what role these consulting editors played in the project has been the subject of some debate. Apparently Scofield only meant to acknowledge their assistance, though some have speculated that he hoped to gain support for his publication from both sides of the millenarian movement with this device." Ernest Sandeen, The Roots of Fundamentalism: British and American Millenarianism, 1800-1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970), 224.