Prothro B-24

Title

Subject

Description

First Bible printed with American-made type by the Saur family. Christopher Saur II (1721–1784), the printer of this Bible, was a minister in the Neue Taufer, also known as Dunkers or Schwarzenau Brethren, a separatist group that combined Pietist and Anabaptist spirituality.

Creator

Luther, Martin, 1483–1546 and Sower, Christopher, 1721–1784, printer.

Source

Prothro B-24. Biblia, das ist: Die ganze göttliche Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments : nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers; mit jedes Capitels kurzen Summarien, auch beygefügten vielen und richtigen Parallelen: : nebst einem Anhang des dritten und vierten Buchs Esrä, und des dritten Buchs der Maccabäer. Germantown, Pennsylvania: Christoph Saur, 1776.

Relation

NorthAmerica

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

German

Type

Bible

Collection

The Pietists

Citation

Luther, Martin, 1483–1546 and Sower, Christopher, 1721–1784, printer. , “Prothro B-24,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed January 22, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1034.