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Luther’s German Bible (1545).
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The entire German-speaking world is indebted to Martin Luther for his brave work to make the Bible available in the language of the common people at a time when most priests insisted that the Bible was only valid in Latin.
Martin Luther’s translation helped German readers encounter the Bible in their own language during the Reformation. His New Testament appeared in 1522; the complete Bible followed in 1534 after years of collaboration with Wittenberg scholars, including Philipp Melanchthon. Luther and his colleagues continued revising the text, with the 1545 edition representing the last complete edition reviewed during his lifetime. Its wide circulation helped spread Reformation teaching and had a lasting influence on German language and literature. See the Luther Museums’ account of the translation (in German).
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