The Continuing Significance of Luther's Prefaces to the New Testament

Authors

Werner Georg Kuemmel, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

10-1-1966

Document Type

Article

Keywords

new testament, faith, luther's prefaces, gospel, luther's works, grace

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

When Martin Luther published his first translation of the New Testament into the German language in 1522, he did not publish the Biblical texts alone. He provided his readers with some help by prefaces to the whole New Testament and to the individual books. These prefaces were reprinted in all the following editions of the New Testament and of the whole Bible until the 17th century, but Luther took one of them out and changed the text of a few of them in later editions.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

John 1:12-13; Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26-27; Hebrews 12:17;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Kuemmel, Werner Georg (1966) "The Continuing Significance of Luther's Prefaces to the New Testament," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 37, Article 49.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol37/iss1/49