[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German Bible

[Jerry Frank]

The designation of Martin Luther is similar to how we designate some 
of our English Bibles as the King James Version (which was actually 
translated by Tyndale).


Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca




At 08:12 AM 14/05/2006, shoning at att.net wrote:
>I hope that you will not be too disappointed, but the text is more 
>or less a current version of the German bible that is available most 
>likely in any store selling bibles.  I have one that was published 
>by the German Bible Society in 1984.  It has the title, "The Bible - 
>according to the translation of Martin Luther".  In the Foreword, it 
>states that the text has been revised and reworked from Luther's 
>translation.  In German Bibles, the Pentatuch is comprised of the 1. 
>Book of Moses (Genesis), the 2. Book of Moses (Exodus), the 3. Book 
>of Moses (Leviticus), the 4. Book of Moses (Numbers), and the 5. 
>Book of Moses (Deuteronomy).
>
>Having said all that, I am sure that your Bible has great value to 
>you because it belonged to your gr grandfather, it is quite old, and 
>perhaps has markings and notes made by him and some ancestors of 
>succeeding generations.  It is a treasure.  I have a Russian New 
>Testament that has markings made by my father while in prison and 
>living in Russia.  When I look at it, I wonder why were some verses 
>of such importance to him that he underlined them and marked them 
>for emphasis.
>
>George Shoning
>
>-------------- Original message from Delores Stevens 
><deloresstevens at sasktel.net>: --------------
>
>
> > I have recently come into possession of my great grandfather's 
> Bible. It is
> > in German and so I needed an older relative to translate for me. She
> > informed me that it is the Bible, Martin Luther version and 
> starts with the
> > Book of Moses. It was printed in 1898.
> >
> > Could anyone tell me the significance about being a Martin Luther version
> > and starting with the Book of Moses?
> >
> > Thank you
> > Delores
> > Saskatoon
> >