Das Buch Judith. : zu Wittemberg verdeudscht
Summary: The Book of Judith was probably written between 175 and 125 B.C. and is part of the literature known as the Apocrypha, composed between the Old and New Testament eras. The Catholic Church accepted the Apocrypha as canonical while Luther did not. The story is of the pious widow Judith who beheads the enemy general Holofernes after he has become drunk. It is reminiscent of Jael's killing of Sisera in Judges 4. This is apparently the only separate printing of this translation, issued the same year as the complete German Bible.
Signatures: A-D8; [A] unsigned, A1b, D8b blank.
Imprint: Place and printer from colophon.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within engraved, historiated, architectural, woodcut border (putti holding shields above & below, monogram "HW" below); initials.
Additional Details: Text in German includes Luther's German translation of the book of Judith from the Greek Apocrypha of the O.T.
Magdeburg (Germany)
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
German
Bible. Judith
Judith (Biblical figure)
Sixteenth century
63 unnumbered pages
16 cm
Text
books
Octavo
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
WA Deut. Bibel 2, 179 (1534), p. 561
1534 BIBL C
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