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The Luther Bible was revised in 1984, and this version was adapted to the new German orthography in 1999. Here also some revisions have taken place, e.g. "Weib" > "Frau". Despite the revisions, the language is still somewhat archaic and difficult for non-native speakers who want to learn the German language using a German translation of the Bible.
The Luther Bible was not the first translation or printing of the Bible into German. [9] A number of Bible translations into German, both manuscript and printed, were produced prior to Luther's birth. Historian Margaret O'Rourke Boyle has claimed: "there was no causation between the Lutheran Reformation and the popular reading of Scripture." [10]
As each part of his High German translation was published, a Low German translation was soon prepared and published by his associates, among whom was Johannes Bugenhagen. Martin Luther's last translation of the Bible was made in 1545. The 1614 Low German Bible is a rare, illustrated Luther Bible. Lord's Prayer in 1614 Bible
Translation of the author's Luther, sein Leben und seine Zeit. Granquist, Mark A.; Haemig, Mary Jane (2017). Dictionary of Luther and The Lutheran Traditions. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. Gerrish, Brian (1982). Old Protestantism and the New. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. Green, Lowell C. (1980). How Melanchthon Helped Luther Discover the Gospel ...
The Calov Bible is a three-volume 17th-century Bible that contains German translations and commentary by Martin Luther and additional commentary by Wittenberg theology professor Abraham Calovius. Title page of the Calov Bible , with Bach's signature and date (1733) in the bottom right hand corner
Modern High German translation of the Christian Bible by the Protestant reformer Martin Luther (1534). The widespread popularity of the Bible translated into High German by Luther helped establish modern Standard High German. [1] A Protestant Bible is a Christian Bible whose translation or revision was produced by Protestant Christians.
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Lutheran Church, German-Latin English edited by Friederich Bente. [18] This edition introduced the practice of inserting in square brackets the translations of variant readings of either the Latin translation of the German or the German translation of the Latin text. A smaller edition with just the English text was also published.