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Dutch (1535) De Nederlandse Jacob van Liesvelt Bijbel Bible

The Liesveldt Bible was the translation of the Bible into the Low Dutch, or Belgic language by learned Protestant scholars. They used Martin Luther’s Protestant German Bible as the basis of their translation. The first edition was published in 1526 by Jacob á Liesveldt, a famous printer of Antwerp, from whom the Bible received it’s name. Several other editions followed, with the 6th and last edition coming out in 1542. The Liesveldt Bible was the first Dutch Protestant Bible made for the Netherlands, and it was this Bible that was cherished by the Protestant champions of the Reformation and helped to fuel the Protestant Reformation in the Low Countries. The publication of this Protestant Bible was immediately condemned by the Catholic Church and those involved with it were persecuted. Jacob van Liesvelt, an Antwerpian printer, was executed in 1545 for publishing without the consent of the authorities. His sad story has been retold throughout the centuries. In an early Protestant tradition, it was argued that Van Liesvelt died because of certain Reformation-minded marginal notes contained in the Bible of 1542, an argument that has been continuously elaborated upon over the years, gi

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