Theologian Roland Werner’s modern version Das Buch, now in its third edition, resonates with the unchurched and surprises the faithful. Roland Werner wears many hats, and most of them have something ...

Here's a real-life mystery for you. A small-town Texas librarian finds a musty, old Bible and soon realizes that it's unlike any Bible she's ever seen. It's hundreds of years old and written in a ...

I mentioned in passing a month ago in this column the wonderful presentation that Patrick Donmoyer, director of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, made at a genealogy conference at ...

A historical Bible has returned to Boerne after being sent to the University of North Texas for restoration, rekindling interest in the legendary tale of a librarian who discovered a piece of the town ...

This is another cherished myth, that remains popular in the collected Legends and Tall Tales of the self-understanding of Protestants, and the highly embellished story of Luther’s revolt and ...

At 76, Paul Shaak of Allentown says he was “getting up in years” and didn’t know what he was going to do with the 1777 German Bible passed down to him through three generations. His kids didn’t want ...

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Martin Luther ignited the Reformation of the Church and impacted the German language. Now, Germany's Protestant Church plans to revise the Luther Bible, making it even closer to the reformer's ...

Learning in Retirement session on the Reformation 500th anniversary (News Tribune, Nov. 1, page B1) included a group leader's statement that Luther translated the Bible into German so that "people ...

A 1983 routine cleaning at Boerne High School in Texas yielded a rare and precious find: a thick, ornate Bible wrapped in cloth and written in low German. Now it will soon be seen online. Here's a ...