k-mktr/gothic_bible_got

Gothic Bible (4th Century)

Description

The Gothic Bible is the earliest known translation of the Bible into a Germanic language, made by Bishop Wulfila (Ulfilas, c. 311-383 AD) in the 4th century. Wulfila created the Gothic alphabet specifically for this translation. The surviving portions consist primarily of the Gospels (the Codex Argenteus) and parts of the Epistles and Old Testament. This is the oldest substantial text in any Germanic language and is of immense linguistic and historical importance. The text is written in the Gothic alphabet.

Dataset Structure

Each row represents one Bible verse.

Column	Type	Description
translation_id	string	Translation identifier
translation	string	Full translation name
language	string	Language code
book_number	int32	Book number (1-18)
book	string	Book name
book_abbr	string	Book abbreviation
chapter	int32	Chapter number
verse	string	Verse number (may include suffixes like 13a)
verse_number	int32	Numeric part of verse
verse_suffix	string	Verse suffix (e.g. a, b) or null
verse_id	string	Unique verse identifier ({book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse})
text	string	Verse text

Statistics

• Books: 18
• Verses: 3626
• Language: Gothic
• Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
• File size: 0.51 MB

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/gothic_bible_got", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'gothic_bible_got', 'book': '...', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1', 'text': '...'}

License

Public domain (4th century text, copyright expired).