J. S. Bach: New Light on His Faith

Authors

Christoph Trautmann

Publication Date

2-1-1971

Document Type

Article

Keywords

johann sebastian bach, calov bible, bach's bible, concordia seminary, preuss, blume, wittenberg, leipzig

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The author relates the history of the Calov Bible that Johann Sebastian Bach had acquired at age 48 (now in the Concordia Seminary Library, St. Louis) and indicates the significance of the numerous marginal annotations Bach inscribed in that Bible. The article is taken from Musik und, Kirche, vol. 39, no. 4 (1969), with the permission of the Bȁrenreiter-Verlag, Karl Vőtterle KG. The translation was provided by Hilton Oswald, editor at Concordia Publishing House.

Disciplines

History of Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Trautmann, Christoph (1971) "J. S. Bach: New Light on His Faith," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 42, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol42/iss1/9