Elector's Bible

Title page of the 13th edition from 1768

As Elector Bible expenditure is the Luther Bible refers to that of bookstore Johann Andreas Endters in Nuremberg issued. The Endters family had been printing Luther Bibles since 1613. In 1641 Duke Ernst the Pious commissioned the printing of a Bible. These and the following editions are called electoral Bibles. The fourteenth and last edition appeared in 1792. The Elector Bibles are also known in part as the Weimar or Ernestine Bible , based on Ernst the Pious, who resided in Weimar until 1640 .

Designation "Elector's Bible"

In the foreword it is already stated that in this book all of the holy scriptures are explained " by the gracious ordinance of The Most Serene Prince and Lord, Mr. Ernst, Duke of Saxony, Jülich, Cleve and Berg ". Furthermore it is pointed out that this print with “ Königl. Polish and Chur prince. Saxon PRIVILEGIO ”appears. In addition, electoral bibles contain portraits of 11 Protestant electors from the Reformation period . The term “Elector's Bible” is derived from these portraits.

content

Beginning of Psalm 43

In addition to the actual text of the Bible , electoral Bibles contain a number of additions. This includes numerous illustrated subtitles and double-page maps as copper engravings. In addition to the pictures of the electors, an engraving by Martin Luther is often included. The attached pictures and cards do not have a page number, so that this could be added and supplemented depending on the financial resources and wishes of the customer.
The Bible is supplemented by explanatory texts and registers. At the end of the Bible, the most important Lutheran confessional writings such as the Apostolic , the Nicene-Constantinopolitan and the Athanasian Creed and the Augsburg Confession are printed.

Web links

Commons : Kurfürstenbibel - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

Stefan Michel, Johann Gerhard's contribution to the Ernestine Bible work, in: Denomination, Politics and Erudition. The Jena theologian Johann Gerhard (1582–1637) in the context of his time, ed. by Markus Friedrich; Sascha Salatowsky; Luise Schorn-Schütte (Gothaer Research on the Early Modern Age 11), Stuttgart 2017, 163–176.
Ernst Koch: The Ernestine Biblical Work. In: Roswitha Jacobsen, Hans-Jörg Ruge (ed.): Ernst the Pious (1601–1675) - statesman and reformer. Scientific articles and catalog for the exhibition (= publications of the Gotha Research Library / University of Erfurt. Volume 39). Quartus, Bucha bei Jena 2002, ISBN 3-931505-96-0 , pp. 53-58.
Rolf-Dieter Jahn: The Weimar Ernestine Elector Bible and Dilherr Bible of the Endter Verlag in Nuremberg 1641–1788. Attempt at a complete chronology and bibliography. Author's publishing house, Odenthal 1986.
Zedler Volume 55 (1748), 1337-1407.

Individual evidence

↑ Press release of the University of Erfurt on the occasion of the lecture “Ernst the Pious and the so-called Elector's Bible. Courtly representation and communication of the word of God " [1]
^ Homepage of the Lippische Landesbibliothek [2]
^ Contributions to the genealogy and history of the Quistorp family, 2006; "The Elector's Bible" [3]
^ Report on the restoration of the Elector's Bible in the Prignitz Museum [4]

[1] Press release of the University of Erfurt on the occasion of the lecture “Ernst the Pious and the so-called Elector's Bible. Courtly representation and communication of the word of God " [1]

[2] Homepage of the Lippische Landesbibliothek [2]

[3] Contributions to the genealogy and history of the Quistorp family, 2006; "The Elector's Bible" [3]

[4] Report on the restoration of the Elector's Bible in the Prignitz Museum [4]