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He didn't.When Martin Luther (and NOT Martin Luther King) translated the Bible into German, it was from Greek and not English that he worked.The Luther German New Testament translation was pu1blished in 1522. The Old Testament followed in 1534.
Martin Luther translated the Bible into German in 1519-1522.
The Old testament came from the Hebrew and Aramaic texts called the Massaratic text and the New testament came from the Greek text called the Received Text or the Majority text. Because this Bible was translated from these texts is why it is the most reliable.The Geneva Bible existed before the King James as well as a German Bible from Martin Luther and Tyndale's Bible in England.
The earliest translation into German was by a Goth named Ulfilas. The most well-known version was by martin luther.
So that people could read and understand it. The same reason that centuries earlier St. Jerome translated it from Hebrew, Chaldeic and Greek into Latin.
He didn't.When Martin Luther (and NOT Martin Luther King) translated the Bible into German, it was from Greek and not English that he worked.The Luther German New Testament translation was pu1blished in 1522. The Old Testament followed in 1534.
During the time of Martin Luther the New Testament was translated to German around 1500- 1525
He translated the Bible into German.
Martin Luther translated the Bible into German in 1519-1522.
Martin Luther.
William Tyndale translated the Bible into the English language. Martin Luther did it into German.
he translated the bible into german :)
With the aid of the printing press, Martin Luther was able to produce a lot of copies of different parts of the bible in the German language, which before was only available in Latin. He mainly translated the New Testament first.
While Martin Luther was in "hiding" he translated the New Testament from Greek into German, from the website on his biography:Luther was allowed to leave Worms, but he was now considered an outlaw. Emperor Charles issued the Edict of Worms, declaring Luther a heretic and ordering his death.Frederick the Wise of Saxony favored Luther and arranged for him to be "kidnapped" and taken to Wartburg Castle near the town of Eisenach..Luther disguised himself as a nobleman, grew a beard and called himself "Junker Jörg". He was safe in the Wartburg, a strong fortress on the top of a mountain, under the protection of the local prince.He spent nearly a year there, writing furiously and fighting depression and numerous physical ailments. It was in a small study in the castle in 1522 that he translated the New Testament from Greek into German and profoundly influenced the form and standardization of the German language.
Luther translated the Latin Bible into German
Martin Luther, although it should be noted that the Bible had already been translated into German in the Gutenberg Bible over 40 years earlier (but those translators were not Reformation leaders). Luther was responsible for the first German Protestant Bible.
Martin Luther translated the Bible from Latin to German because mass back then was all held in latin.