September Testament

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Bible translation New Testament translation Reformation-era publication

September Testament is Martin Luther’s groundbreaking 1522 German translation of the New Testament, which played a key role in the Protestant Reformation and the development of the modern German language.

Aliases (1)

December Testament ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible translation → New Testament translation → Reformation-era publication →
aim	to make the New Testament accessible in vernacular German →
alternateName	Luther’s 1522 New Testament →
author	Martin Luther →
basedOn	Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions → Greek New Testament →
century	16th century →
circulation	widespread in German-speaking lands →
containsPrefaceBy	Martin Luther →
countryOfPublication	Electorate of Saxony →
editor	Martin Luther →
followedBy	Luther’s complete German Bible of 1534 →
genre	Bible → religious text →
hasInfluenceOn	German language standardization → German literature → German religious practice →
hasPart	Acts of the Apostles → Book of Revelation → General Epistles → Gospels → Pauline Epistles →
historicalSignificance	helped standardize Early New High German → strengthened lay access to scripture →
influenced	Luther Bible →
language	German →
medium	printed book →
movement	Protestant Reformation →
notableFor	influence on the development of modern German → vernacularization of the Bible in German → wide dissemination of Reformation ideas →
originalAudience	German-speaking clergy → German-speaking laity →
originalLanguage	Koine Greek →
placeOfPublication	Wittenberg →
printingTechnique	letterpress printing →
publicationDate	1522 →
publicationYear	1522 →
publisher	Melchior Lotter the Younger →
religiousContext	Lutheran Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire →
religiousTradition	Protestantism →
script	Gothic type →
subject	New Testament →
theologicalPerspective	Lutheran →
titleLanguage	German →
translator	Martin Luther →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Luther Bible → Luther Bible ("December Testament") →	hasEdition