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Elector Bible

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Title page of the Elector Bible (1649). 1758

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.[1]

The earliest known edition to have survived to this day is the Detmold edition printed in 1649. There were 14 editions of this Bible.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Die "Kurfürstenbibel" des Wolfgang Endter aus Nürnberg (1649)". Lippische landesbibliothek detmold. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2020.