The Luther Bible of 1534 Stephan Fussel
Publisher: Taschen America, LLC

By the summer Luther and his colleagues had begun translating the Old Testament; the first complete Luther Bible appeared in 1534. As the Bible was translated into the vernacular, it became accessible to more and more people. Even Jewish rabbis were consulted [an important point, as Luther is a noted antisemitist]. A great gift for friends of German or Lutheran heritage, or anyone who .. In 1534, Luther translated the Bible into German. Luther's German translation of the New Testament was first published in 1522, while the entire Bible was printed in 1534. By the time Luther published the complete Bible in 1534, 87 editions of his New Testament had been published in High German and some 19 in Low German. Amazon.com: Die Luther-Bible of 1534 Complete Facsimile Edition (2 Volumes) ( German Edition): N/A: Books. Luther's call to the Church to return to the teachings of the Bible resulted in the . In 1534 Martin Luther finished translating the Bible into German. The Old Testament followed, yielding an entire German language Bible in 1534. Available now at AbeBooks.co.uk - Paperback - Taschen - 2003 - Book Condition : Good - Item may show signs of shelf wear. The revision of the German-language Bible translation by Martin Luther is In1534 the first complete edition of the Luther Bible was published. Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible - including both the Old and New and New Testaments - was published in Wittenberg by Hans Lufft (in 1534).