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Interestingly, the first printed German bible translation appeared in 1466 by Mentelin[1,2], only 11 years after Gutenberg's Latin bible. Luther's[3] and Tyndal
by red_trumpet 2y ago
Interestingly, the first printed German bible translation appeared in 1466 by Mentelin[1,2], only 11 years after Gutenberg's Latin bible. Luther's[3] and Tyndale's[4] influential translations only happened 50-60 years after that.
[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentelin-Bibel https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentelin-Bibel
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Mentelin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Mentelin
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Bible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Bible
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible