Erasmus' Egg: Humanism, Reformation, and the People's Book

Luther's Bible

Martin Luther's 1522/23 New Testament, sometimes called "The September Bible" for the month of its release, was not revolutionary for being the first bible printed in German. In fact, it wasn't. The first German bible was printed in 1466, and many other editions—including the Nuremberg Bible—appeared before Luther's.

Rather, what made Luther's bible remarkable is that it was translated with the German people in mind. Unlike the Nuremberg Bible, which was written in a sophisticated German, the September Bible was written in everyday German, which was easily understood by its readers. 


George, Timothy. Reading Scripture with the Reformers. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, 2011.

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