| Title: | Bibles (Gothic) |
| Original Title: | Bibles Gothiques |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), p. 226 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Susan Emanuel |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Bibles (Gothic)." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Susan Emanuel. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2006. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.577>. Trans. of "Bibles Gothiques," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Bibles (Gothic)." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Susan Emanuel. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.577 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Bibles Gothiques," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:226 (Paris, 1752). |
Gothic Bibles. It is generally believed that Ulphilas or Gulphilas, Bishop of the Goths who lived in Moesie in the fourth century, did a version of the whole Bible for his compatriots, except for the Books of the Kings which he did not want to put in the hands of this nation, rather bellicose in itself, fearing that the wars and combats that it mentions might excite them into having arms always to hand, and justify this conduct by the example of the ancient Hebrews. Whatever the case, nothing is left of this ancient version except the four Gospels, which were printed in - 4 in Dordrecht in 1665, based on a very old manuscript.