A Faithful Bible for German Speakers

German, known as ‘Deutsch’ in its native form, is a West Germanic language that is primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and parts of Belgium, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. It is one of the world's major languages, with over ninety million native speakers, making it the most widely spoken native language in the European Union. German is also recognized as a minority language in several other countries and is taught in schools around the world. The language has several regional dialects, with High German, being the standard form used in writing, formal speech, and most media. Other common dialects such as Low German and Pennsylvania Dutch are spoken by many Anabaptist groups in Canada and the USA.

In 1998 TBS published the 1912 Luther German Bible with a revised New Testament, copyright being held jointly with another organisation. However, in 2010 it was drawn to our attention that the doctrine of Hell had been weakened in this new edition. In 2013 we were able to obtain sole rights to the 1912/1998 Luther Bible and made a small number of corrections to improve accuracy on this point, bringing the edition more into conformity with our principles. It is this latest edition of the Society’s German Bible, the corrected 1912/1998, that we continue to publish and circulate. We are pleased to announce that this Bible is now available on our Online Bible. 

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