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The German Bible from Martin Luther to Johann Eck
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Abstract
The Middle Ages provided German-speaking readers with a good number of vernacular translations. All of them followed the Vulgate with the exception of Luther’s which took Erasmus’s Greek New Testament as a basis for what would become his tremendously successful translation of the New Testament. The Scripture principle and the idea of the priesthood of all baptized together formed the Reformation’s impulse in translating the Bible. Even Catholic authors could not ignore joining in the success of the Bible in the vernacular. Jerome Emser edited a translation of the New Testament in 1527 meant to replace Luther’s version with a Catholic one, which nonetheless followed Luther’s translation almost completely, even as Emser raised some issues about alleged dogmatic prejudices staining Luther’s efforts. In the end, the history of German Bible translations in the Reformation era is a story that revolves around the Luther Bible.
Title: The German Bible from Martin Luther to Johann Eck
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Abstract
The Middle Ages provided German-speaking readers with a good number of vernacular translations.
All of them followed the Vulgate with the exception of Luther’s which took Erasmus’s Greek New Testament as a basis for what would become his tremendously successful translation of the New Testament.
The Scripture principle and the idea of the priesthood of all baptized together formed the Reformation’s impulse in translating the Bible.
Even Catholic authors could not ignore joining in the success of the Bible in the vernacular.
Jerome Emser edited a translation of the New Testament in 1527 meant to replace Luther’s version with a Catholic one, which nonetheless followed Luther’s translation almost completely, even as Emser raised some issues about alleged dogmatic prejudices staining Luther’s efforts.
In the end, the history of German Bible translations in the Reformation era is a story that revolves around the Luther Bible.
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