From the earliest origins of printing with movable type in the Rhineland and the subsequent translation of the Luther Bible, to the mass exodus of German-speaking emigrants to the New World, The German Bible in America traces the vital role that the German scriptures played in the expansion and development of the western world. With special emphasis on each phase of German Bible printing in the United States, from the colonial era to the present day, as well as the European precedents, Dr. Yoder¿s work demonstrates why Pennsylvania led the North American continent in the printing of Bibles in the 18th century. Copious images of original Bible illustrations, inscriptions, bookplates, and bindings provide a rare glimpse of the most cherished possession among the Pennsylvania Dutch¿the family Bible. (200pp. color illus. index. PA German Cultural Heritage Center, 2016) Also available in a hardcover version.

"An American Bible is an extremely compelling piece of cultural history that succeeds in making rich rather than schematic sense of the major dramas that lay behind the production of over 1,700 different American editions of the Bible in the century after the American Revolution. Gutjahr's book is especially powerful in demonstrating how nineteenth-century efforts to purge the Bible of textual and translational impurities in search of an 'authentic' text led ironically to the emergence of entirely new gospels like the Book of Mormon and the massive fictionalized literature dealing with the life of Christ." --Jay Fliegelman, Stanford University During the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century, American publishing experienced unprecedented, exponential growth. An emerging market economy, widespread religious revival, educational reforms, and innovations in print technology worked together to create a culture increasingly formed and framed by the power of print. At the center of this new culture was the Bible, the book that has been called "the best seller" in American publishing history. Yet it is important to realize that the Bible in America was not a simple, uniform entity. First printed in the United States during the American Revolution, the Bible underwent many revisions, translations, and changes in format as different editors and publishers appropriated it to meet a wide range of changing ideological and economic demands. This book examines how many different constituencies (both secular and religious) fought to keep the Bible the preeminent text in the United States as the country's print marketplace experienced explosive growth. The author shows how these heated battles had profound consequences for many American cultural practices and forms of printed material. By exploring how publishers, clergymen, politicians, educators, and lay persons met the threat that new printed material posed to the dominance of the Bible by changing both its form and its contents, the author reveals the causes and consequences of mutating God's supposedly immutable Word.

Reproduction of the original: True Christianity by Johann Arndt

The "Bilingual Holy Bible, English - Italian" is derived from the 1901 English American Standard and 1927 Italian Riveduta Bible translations. Printed on white paper for easy reading, verses are paired in classical Biblical English and Italian so both translations can be followed sentence by sentence. Example verses: Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesi 1:1 "Nel principio Iddio creo i cieli e la terra." Psalms 23:4 "Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me." Salmi 23:4 "Quand'anche camminassi nella valle dell'ombra della morte, io non temerei male alcuno, perche tu sei meco; il tuo bastone e la tua verga son quelli che mi consolano." John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life." Giovanni 3:16 "Poiche Iddio ha tanto amato il mondo, che ha dato il suo unigenito Figliuolo, affinche chiunque crede in lui non perisca, ma abbia vita eterna." Matthew 28:18-20 "18. And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. 19. Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20. teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." Matteo 28:18-20 "18. E Gesu, accostatosi, parlo loro, dicendo: Ogni potesta m'e stata data in cielo e sulla terra. 19. Andate dunque, ammaestrate tutti i popoli, battezzandoli nel nome del Padre e del Figliuolo e dello Spirito Santo, 20. insegnando loro d'osservar tutte quante le cose che v'ho comandate. Ed ecco, io sono con voi tutti i giorni, sino alla fine dell'eta presente." Note that the texts have been edited to allow pairing of verses which can result in some verse numbers that differ from other Bibles. Contents Genesis - Genesi Exodus - Esodo Leviticus - Levitico Numbers - Numeri Deuteronomy - Deuteronomio Joshua - Giosue Judges - Giudici Ruth - Rut I Samuel - I Samuele II Samuel - II Samuele I Kings - I Re II Kings - II Re I Chronicles - I Cronache II Chronicles - II Cronache Ezra - Esdra Nehemiah - Neemia Esther - Ester Job - Giobbe Psalms - Salmi Proverbs - Proverbi Ecclesiastes - Ecclesiaste Song of Solomon - Cantico dei Cantici Isaiah - Isaia Jeremiah - Geremia Lamentations - Lamentazioni Ezekiel - Ezechiele Daniel - Daniele Hosea - Osea Joel - Gioele Amos - Amos Obadiah - Abdia Jonah - Giona Micah - Michea Nahum - Nahum Habakkuk - Abacuc Zephaniah - Sofonia Haggai - Aggeo Zechariah - Zaccaria Malachi - Malachia Matthew - Matteo Mark - Marco Luke - Luca John - Giovanni Acts - Atti degli Apostoli Romans - Romani I Corinthians - I Corinzi II Corinthians - II Corinzi Galatians - Galati Ephesians - Efesini Philippians - Filippesi Colossians - Colossesi I Thessalonians - I Tessalonicesi II Thessalonians - II Tessalonicesi I Timothy - I Timoteo II Timothy - II Timoteo Titus - Tito Philemon - Filemone Hebrews - Ebrei James - Giacomo I Peter - I Pietro II Peter - II Pietro I John - I Giovanni II John - II Giovanni III John - III Giovanni Jude - Giuda Revelation - Apocalisse

Early Americans have long been considered "A People of the Book" Because the nickname was coined primarily to invoke close associations between Americans and the Bible, it is easy to overlook the central fact that it was a book-not a geographic location, a monarch, or even a shared language-that has served as a cornerstone in countless investigations into the formation and fragmentation of early American culture. Few books can lay claim to such powers of civilization-altering influence. Among those which can are sacred books, and for Americans principal among such books stands the Bible. This Handbook is designed to address a noticeable void in resources focused on analyzing the Bible in America in various historical moments and in relationship to specific institutions and cultural expressions. It takes seriously the fact that the Bible is both a physical object that has exercised considerable totemic power, as well as a text with a powerful intellectual design that has inspired everything from national religious and educational practices to a wide spectrum of artistic endeavors to our nation's politics and foreign policy. This Handbook brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview--rich with bibliographic resources--to those interested in the Bible's role in American cultural formation.

An illustrated retelling of stories from the Old and New Testaments includes Bible verses and discussion questions.

Jefferson regarded Jesus as a moral guide rather than a divinity. In his unique interpretation of the Bible, he highlights Christ's ethical teachings, discarding the scriptures' supernatural elements, to reflect the deist view of religion.

"This book shows how the Bible decisively shaped American national history even as that history decisively influenced the use of Scripture. It explores the rise of a strongly Protestant Bible civilization in the early United States that was then fractured by debates over slavery, contested by growing numbers of non-Protestant Americans (Catholics, Jews, agnostics), and torn apart by the Civil War. Scripture survived as a significant, though fragmented, force in the more religiously plural period from Reconstruction to the early twentieth century. Throughout, the book pays special attention to how the same Bible shone as hope for black Americans while supporting other Americans who justified white supremacy"--

P. 275-357 : les éditions genevoises au 16e siècle de la Bible en anglais.