Bible Translations Into German
German language translations of the Bible have existed since the Middle Ages. The most influential is Luther's translation, which established High German as the literary language throughout Germany by the middle of the seventeenth century and which still continues to be most widely used in the Germanic world today.
Read more about Bible Translations Into German: Pre-Lutheran German Bibles, Luther's Bible, Froschauer Bible, Other Translations After Luther's, Mendelssohn, Later Bible Translations, Contemporary Bible Translations
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