Luther Bible of 1534-FL

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The most elaborate bestseller reprint in recent history has got to be Taschen's Luther Bible of 1534: Complete Facsimile Edition. The owner of the original copy wanted it to be a precious, unique object, so the 117 woodcuts were illustrated in brilliant colors by a single hand. In a helpful booklet included with the two hardbound volumes, Stephan Fuessel gives a quick history in English of Martin Luther and how he rendered the Bible in vivid, poetical German. ("We do not have to ask about the literal Latin," wrote Luther, "as these asses do.") He also explains what each of the bold blue, green, red, and gold illustrated woodcuts mean. Often Luther had an angry political message: in Revelations, the most wildly illustrated book, the Whore of Babylon is not only riding a terrifying, reptilian seven-headed beast, but wearing the Pope's crown; the battle of Gog and Magog and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse feature Turks. Imagine the impact these exquisite visions of flaming miracles must have had on people in 1534. Or behold these books and feel it for yourself. --Tim Appelo

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Bible - still the best book in the world.......2005-07-21

This reprint of the original 1534 is a classic, especially if you can read German. Commentary is very interesting and it shows that truth is timeless.

The drawings and the make of it are exceptional.
Would recommend this as a gift to anyone who values something special.

Delightful........2004-11-11

This is a thoroughly delightful book.

One first delight is to have an integral text of an original Luther Bible.

Luther was the first to clinch the problem of an adequate rendering of the Bible in a living vernacular, as evident from his spectacular mastery of the German language, the written Standard of which he only invented as he went along. He had started with the New Testament published in 1522 and worked another 12 years to complete the entire text, published in the 1534 edition reproduced here. Luther set a most attractive stylistic model, breaking free of inadequate linguistic patterns of the source languages, in favor of a fresh and popular style in the target language. As he rebuked his incompetent critics:

"One must not ask written Latin how one should speak German, as these asses do; rather, one must ask the mother in her house, the children in the alley, the ordinary man in the marketplace, and observe how they speak, and translate accordingly; then they will understand, and they will notice that one is speaking plain German with them."

Since the English Bible corresponding to Luther's in literary importance, the King James Version [KJV] of 1611, with the establishment of English as the world language, went round the world to become its most influential book, a second delight is in the comparison now made possible to a large English speaking audience of their classic Bible with the German text.

Anybody familiar with both the early Modern English Bibles and Luther's German will wonder at their strikingly similar "ring". William Tyndale at his death in 1536 had Englished three fifths of the Bible, Miles Coverdale in 1535 compiled the first complete Bible in Modern English; these works form the basis of the KJV. The New English translations always appeared after the corresponding parts of the Luther Bible had been on the market; they deferred to Luther's stylistic ideal; their rhetorical gesture is identical, nay, the English translators often even rendered Luther's specific German wordings rather than the original Greek and Hebrew. Hence, through the transmission of of the English Bible, many German sayings from Luther's translation ended up as English near proverbs, as "the Lord is my shepherd" < "Der Herr ist mein Hirte"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" < "der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach".

The third and main delight is in the pictures. Indeed, Luther had improved the complete text in almost yearly new editions till his last lifetime edition of 1545. Decisive for the choice of this particular 1534 copy for the facsimile reprint must have been its beauty.

The Wittenberg Luther Bible editions of the 16th century contain roughly 120 elaborate four-by-six-inches woodcuts from the Wittenberg workshop of Lucas Cranach. Only in this 1534 copy these have additionally been coloured by hand, in brilliant water colours, by a 16th century artist, probably also of Cranach's workshop, turning them into completely novel, individual works of art.

Delightful is the only epithet I can find for the depiction of the biblical subject matter. -- My favorite evangelist is the bespectacled St. Mark, earnestly writing at his desk, where the Holy Ghost in the shape of a dove from above inspires him in a stream of golden rays. Mark's trademark lion stands at attention; both evangelist and lion sport magnificent halos. -- Heading the book of Jonah is a simultaneous picture of 11 Jonah-scenes; the man escapes from the fish's jaws (a giant shark, to judge by the teeth), prophesies Niniveh's downfall, and at last sits to watch from his bright green arbor, topped by a bright yellow pumpkin: the pumpkin represents an old translation error. -- King David always carries his harp, even when climbing from King Saul's daughter's window or ogling Bathsheba from his palace verandah. -- The cities have medieval architecture; the downfall of Babylon is polemically shown as a downfall of Rome; people are clothed to the latest 1532 fashion, Potiphar's wife chasing Joseph wears distinctly modern bedroom slippers: The artist had given actuality to the Bible scenes.

The 1534 edition being a first issue, the distribution of the text on the page is sometimes awkward. The folio numbering contains a few printer's errors; but, to my checking, no pages are repeated or lacking. Some woodcuts in the original book had been repeated on purpose, but the illuminator always distinguished them by the colours, thereby also multiplying indefinitely the shapes of the beautiful, large chapter initials.

One last delight is the side-effect of a recent deplorable accident, which has made this reproduction especially valuable to every owner of the 2003 book. Its original used to be kept in the Anna-Amalia-library at Weimar, the one which was ravaged by the catastrophic 2004 fire. The Bible collection of Anna Amalia's was indeed saved (thank God); but the original of this book did incur some water damage.

The present facsimile, however, preserves intact the book's original state -- is better than the original now, you might say; and, taking all this into account, can you hesitate to secure yourself a copy?

Overall Excellent and Accessible - Misprints are a problem.......2004-07-09

Approachable, stunningly beautiful and accessible (eso. for the price!) ... However - there are some publication problems with omissions/repeat of pages in Isaiah and Luke -- prob. wouldn't notice if you don't read German -- but bothersome (reason for 3 stars vs. 5 stars). Still, excellent quality (paper and color images), cover, and accompanying commentary. Esp. for the price (vs. more expensive Wycliffe facsimile) -- can't beat for ammature German history buffs.

Book Description

Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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McCabe comes through again!.......2007-04-10

Beautiful tattoos in both eastern and western styles, done by Japanese artists. If Mike puts his name on a book, you can pretty much trust that its going to be a winner.

JAPANESE TATTOOING NOW BY MICHAEL McCABE.......2007-01-05

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JAPANESE TATTOOS THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. GREAT PICTURES AND VERY INTERESTING TEXT.

Fantastic Resource for Japanese Tattoos.......2006-01-18

This is a terrific book full of great Japanese tattoos. There are tons and tons of photos and cool ideas. If you are thinking about getting a tattoo and like classic images, this is well worth it.

Michael McCabe is a Master.......2005-09-28

Michael McCabe is by far one of the finest cultural anthropologists our generation has seen. His experience as a professional tattooist and his ability to tell a wonderful story make his books both relevant and enjoyably readable---which is not always the case with the THOUSANDS of published books that are supposedly about the tattoo culture.

I buy EVERYTHING and ANYTHING with his name on it, and I've never been disappointed.

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a beautiful catalogue

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a beautiful catalogue.......2000-10-12

This book was produced for an exhibition at the metropolitan musuem of art in 1994. It shows how visions of 'the exotic' in places like asia and the middle east have affected western dress over the centuries - right up to the present time.

This volume is illustrated with numerous lovley colour photos of the exhibition pieces, which range from the 18th to 20th centuries. The text is quite light and easy to read, and the book does not have an index.

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This digital document is an article from Nonwovens Industry, published by Rodman Publications, Inc. on December 1, 1992. The length of the article is 544 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Development of new spunlaced nonwovens. (Japan leads in manufacturing of microfibers and cotton products)
Author: Kin Ohmura
Publication: Nonwovens Industry (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 1992
Publisher: Rodman Publications, Inc.
Volume: v23 Issue: n12 Page: p19(1)

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