Luther Bible

E6637
Bible translation German Bible translation

The Luther Bible is Martin Luther’s influential 16th-century German translation of the Christian Bible that helped shape both the German language and the Protestant Reformation.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Luther Bible canonical 11
Luther’s German New Testament 2
Luther’s German New Testament translation 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation ⓘ
German Bible translation ⓘ
commemoratedOn Reformation Day ⓘ
contains Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ
surface form: Apocrypha

New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
countryOfOrigin Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Saxony

Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
denominationalContext Lutheranism ⓘ
firstCompleteBiblePublicationDate 1534 ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1522 ⓘ
firstPublicationPart New Testament ⓘ
genre Christian scripture ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
hasEdition 1534 complete edition ⓘ
1545 edition ⓘ
2017 revision ⓘ
September Testament ⓘ
surface form: December Testament

September Testament ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
impact contributed to literacy in German-speaking lands ⓘ
helped spread Reformation ideas ⓘ
served as linguistic model for later German Bibles ⓘ
influenced German culture ⓘ
German language ⓘ
German literature ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
influencedBy Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
language German ⓘ
notableFeature extensive marginal notes ⓘ
prefaces to biblical books ⓘ
standardization of Early New High German ⓘ
use of everyday German ⓘ
woodcut illustrations ⓘ
placeOfPublication Wittenberg ⓘ
printedBy Hans Lufft ⓘ
publisher Hans Lufft ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestantism ⓘ
sourceLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew

Koine Greek ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
surface form: Latin Vulgate
theologicalOrientation justification by faith ⓘ
sola scriptura ⓘ
translationMethod vernacular translation ⓘ
translator Martin Luther ⓘ
usedBy German-speaking Protestants ⓘ
Lutheran churches ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bible → hasTranslation → Luther Bible ⓘ
Martin Luther → notableWork → Luther Bible ⓘ
Martin Luther → hasWorkInTheCollection → Luther Bible ⓘ
Textus Receptus → influenced → Luther Bible ⓘ
September Testament → influenced → Luther Bible ⓘ
September Testament → followedBy → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther’s complete German Bible of 1534
September Testament → alternateName → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther’s 1522 New Testament
Novum Instrumentum omne → basisFor → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther’s German New Testament translation
Lutheran Church (for reading and instruction) → influencedBy → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther’s German Bible prefaces
Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft → hasPublication → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lutherbibel
Luther’s exile at Wartburg Castle → producedWork → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther’s German New Testament translation
Received Text → basisFor → Luther Bible ⓘ
subject surface form: Textus Receptus
this entity surface form: New Testament of the Luther Bible
Great Bible → basedOn → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martin Luther’s German Bible
Mendelssohn Elijah → textSource → Luther Bible ⓘ
subject surface form: Mendelssohn's Elijah
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem → textSource → Luther Bible ⓘ
subject surface form: Ein deutsches Requiem
Haydn The Creation → hasBiblicalSource → Luther Bible ⓘ
subject surface form: The Creation
this entity surface form: Luther Bible (German text influence)
Melchior Lotter the Younger → printed → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther’s German New Testament
Melchior Lotter the Younger → printed → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther’s German Old Testament
Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions → influenced → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther’s German New Testament
St. Paul, Op. 36 → textSource → Luther Bible ⓘ
EKM → usesBibleTranslation → Luther Bible ⓘ
Junker Jörg → associatedWork → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther's German translation of the New Testament
Luther Room → associatedWith → Luther Bible ⓘ
Standard German → standardizationInfluencedBy → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martin Luther's Bible translation
Early New High German → associatedWith → Luther Bible ⓘ
Early New High German → standardizationMilestone → Luther Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther Bible translation (16th century)