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Luther's German Bible translation

Type Object Region Germany Time c. 1540

Martin Luther's German translations of the New and Old Testaments, produced between 1522 and 1534, formed an influential German Bible text;…

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  1. 1534Wittenberg · WittenbergLuther, working with Melanchthon and others, completed the first complete German Bible, replacing the Latin Bible's ecclesiastical monopoly with a colloquial German translation and laying the foundation for the large-scale reprinting of the 1540s.
  2. c. 1541–1550Printing centers of the German states · GlobalIn the 1540s the Luther Bible was reprinted in large quantities at printing houses across the German states, with illustrations and annotations, entering homes, schools, and parishes, promoting the unification of written German and the popular spread of Protestant faith.

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