Luther Bible
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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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luther’s 1522 New Testament | 1 |
| Luther’s complete German Bible of 1534 | 1 |
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 (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Luther’s 1522 New Testament
this entity surface form:
Luther’s complete German Bible of 1534