Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: The contribution of Luther to the development of the vernacular languages is in so far worth mentioning as it has allowed that German would become a richer language and its use would spread. On the other hand, Luther realized about the necessary relation between classic and vernacular languages. In fact, it was necessary for Luther to write and to talk in German because he was convinced that languages were not an instrument to classify people according to their social status, but to communicate with everybody, and to give them access to texts, like the New and the Ancient Testament, originally written in other languages. His translation of the Bible is a good example concerning the use of the romance languages. He used all his linguistic, philological and theological skills so that the translation would achieve the goals of transferring the meaning and of making a communicative use of the language.
Author: Juan Luis Monreal Pérez
Institution: Universidad de Murcia
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2514101953