The Moravian Church in America's own archive in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, publishes this account of the Bible of Kralice in its newsletter This Month in Moravian History, documenting Jan Blahoslav's 1564 New Testament translation, the Old Testament translation begun in 1577, the six volume first edition completed between 1579 and 1593, and the Unity of the Brethren's own printshop at Kralice in southern Moravia where it was printed.
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The Moravian Church's own archive and its newsletter on Moravian history, tier 2, used here for the translation team's dates, the printing at Kralice, and the financing by the local lord Jan von Zerotin, corroborated by Word and World's scholarly account below. NotesUsed for the 1577 to 1593 translation and printing dates, Jan Blahoslav's role, and the financing and printing arrangements at Kralice.
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PublisherMoravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
URLhttp://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/thismonth/13_10%20Kralice%20Bible.pdf
Source Typechurch body
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