Gustav II Adolf Bible
The Gustav II Adolf Bible (Swedish: Gustav II Adolfs bibel; officially: Biblia, Thet är: All then Helgha Scrifft, På Swensko. Effter förre Bibliens Text, oförandrat) was published in 1618 during Gustav II Adolf's reign[1] and was a revised version of Gustav Vasa Bible. One of the aims of the Gustav II Adolf Bible was to make the text more accessible to the reader and to add verse numbers.
| Gustav II Adolf Bible | |
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.tif.jpg) Gustav II Adolf Bible, 1618 edition | |
| Full name | Biblia, Thet är: All then Helgha Scrifft, På Swensko. Effter förre Bibliens Text, oförandrat |
| Language | Swedish |
| Complete Bible published | 1618 |
| Online as | Gustav II Adolf Bible at Wikisource |
| Derived from | Gustav Vasa Bible |
| Revision | Charles XII Bible |
In this Bible, Luther's four Antilegomena - Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation - were separated at the end of the table of content and labeled as "Apocr(yphal) New Testament."[2]
See also
References
- "Bibelns historia". www.dagen.se (in Swedish). 2002-12-12. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- Metzger, Bruce M. (1989) [1987]. "X. Attempts at Closing the Canon in the West". The Canon of the New Testament. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 244–245. ISBN 0-19-826180-2.
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