page_title: Elector Bible
hierarchical_section_title: Elector Bible
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page of the Elector Bible (1649). 1758
context_page_description: The Elector Bible is a German language folio-sized, Martin Luther translation of the Bible that was authorized by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and printed by Wolfgang Endter in Nuremberg, Germany from 1641 to 1758. Other names for this Bible are the Weimar Bible and the Ernestine Bible.
  The earliest known edition to have survived to this day is the Detmold edition printed in 1649. There were 14 editions of this Bible. By including a glossary explaining difficult words and passages this Bible was aimed for the enlightenment of "ordinary people".
context_section_description: The Elector Bible (German: Kurfürstenbibel) is a German language folio-sized, Martin Luther translation of the Bible (Old and New Testament) that was authorized by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and printed by Wolfgang Endter in Nuremberg, Germany from 1641 to 1758. Other names for this Bible are the Weimar Bible and the Ernestine Bible.
  The earliest known edition to have survived to this day is the Detmold edition printed in 1649. There were 14 editions of this Bible. By including a glossary explaining difficult words and passages this Bible was aimed for the enlightenment of "ordinary people".
caption: Title page of the Elector Bible (1649). 1758
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