Guðbrandsbiblía
The Guðbrand's Bible (Guðbrandsbiblía [ˈkvʏðˌpran(t)sˌpɪpliːa]; full title: Biblia þad er Øll heilog ritning, vtlögd a norrænu. Med formalum doct. Martini Lutheri. Prentad a Holum/Af Jone Jons Syne) was the first translation of the full Bible into the Icelandic language.[1]
The translation was published in 1584 by
Book of Sirach. It is possible Guðbrandur himself translated other books of the Old Testament.[2]
References
- ^ "Bible of Guðbrandur Þorláksson". Archived from the original on November 5, 2004. Retrieved January 30, 2005.
- ^ Gunnlaugar A. Jónsson (1990). Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar: Biblíuþýðingar í sögu og samtíð [Theological Institute Series: Bible Translations in History and the Present] (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Háskóli Íslands, Guðfræðistofnun. pp. 145–174. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
External links
- Read online
- The Gudbrand Bible, 1584, HM The Queen's Reference Library