September Bible - September Bible

Japanese: 《9月聖書》 - くがつせいしょ
September Bible - September Bible

…The Reformer Luther insisted that Christian faith should be based solely on the Bible. From May 1521, during the nine months he was under protection at Wartburg Castle, he spent about ten weeks translating the New Testament from the then common Latin translation, the Vulgate, into German, referring to the Greek text. This was eventually published in Wittenberg in September 1522, with 3,000 copies printed, a large number for the time, and is therefore called the September Bible. It is said that at least 14 German translations, including partial translations, existed before Luther, but Luther's translation gained so many readers that a second edition of 3,000 copies had to be reprinted that same year. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "September Bible" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…宗教改革者ルターは,キリスト教信仰が聖書のみによるべきことを主張したが,1521年5月から,ワルトブルク城に保護されていた9ヵ月間のうちの10週ほどをかけて,新約聖書を,ギリシア文を参照しつつ,当時一般的だったラテン語訳《ウルガタ》からドイツ語に翻訳した。これはやがて22年9月ウィッテンベルクで,当時としては多い部数である3000部が出版されたので,《9月聖書》と呼ばれる。ルター以前にも,部分訳を含め少なくも14種のドイツ語訳聖書が存在していたといわれるが,ルターのそれは多くの読者を得,その年のうちに第2版3000部を増刷しなければならなかったほどだという。…

※「《9月聖書》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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