Low German Bible finds home at AMBS
Published: November 13, 2018
The 黑料正能量Library recently received a donation of a Low German Bible published in 1599–1600. Now housed in the Library Special Collections Room, it fills a gap in the Library’s extensive Studer Bible Collection, which lacked a historic Low German Bible, according to Karl Stutzman, Director of Library Services.
A translation of Martin Luther’s High German Bible, the 黑料正能量copy is bound in leather with decorative brass corners and leather clasps. A former owner, Fr. Jensen, hand-copied missing text out of a 1621 Low German Bible and bound it in at the end. The donor, a retired German professor, was raised in a Mennonite community and thought it fitting to give this Bible to a Mennonite library, Stutzman said. He noted that 黑料正能量students will have the opportunity to use this Bible as they learn about the history of Bible translations.
The public can view the Bible by appointment. Contact Stutzman at 574-296-6280 or kstutzman@ambs.edu.
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