Lutherbible 1534


  • Translation of the whole bible (Old Testament, New Testament and the Apocrypha, which my translator Luther called the books that are not held equal to the scriptures, but are useful and good to read.)
  • Mother: translation of New Testament in 1523 done at the Wartburg
  • Father: translation of Five Books of Moses (Pentateuch) in 1524 and later translations of Old Testament books.  
  • Printed by Hans Lufft in Wittenberg 
  • Translated from original Hebrew and Greek instead of Latin (no translation of translation) 
  • Woodcut Illustrations by Lucas Cranach