Category:Bible--German tr. (text)

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Translations of the Bible into German

• 1466 -- Mentelin Bible. First known printed translation of the Bible in a modern language. Based on the Vulgate.

• 1522 -- NT translation by Martin Luther, based on the Greek text edited by Erasmus in 1516.

• 1527 -- NT translation by Hieronymous Emsler (1478-1527). A "Catholic" version based on the Vulgate.

• 1534 -- OT translation by Martin Luther (and Melanchton). First version to be based on the Hebrew text (and not on the Vulgate). The text is that of the "Brescia Bible" (1494, now in Berlin), a revision of the "Soncino Bible" (1488).

• 1534 -- Bible translation by Johannes Dietenberger (1475-1537). A "Catholic" version based on the Vulgate. For the NT, it used the 1527 Emsler translation.

• 1912 -- Revision of the Luther Bible

• 1925-1962 - Martin Buber translation of the Hebrew Bible (until 1929, with the help of Franz Rosenzweig)

• 1970 - "Unitarian" translation of the NT

• 1980 - "Unitarian" translation of the OT

• 1984 -- Revision of the Luther Bible