English to Italian Other History traduzione bibbia lutero

Luther relied heavily on Erasmus’ edition of the New Testa-ment (1519) to capture the sense and meaning of the biblical text, but he also developed a procedure that consisted in making a “a quick literal translation of the Vulgate Latin, using roughly the same word order. Then he would come up with synonyms for each word. Examining each phrase, he would consider the overall sound of the sentence, seeking a cadence that would make the words register and linger.