Research Project, 2016–2027
A project of the
Academy, since 1759
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Academy, since 1992
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
In the course of the project the works of the so called “Austrian Bible translator”, who created a comprehensive bible-translation and commenting about 200 years before Luther, are edited and made accessible. Since the 14th century, the “century of the layman-bible”, large parts of the Latin Vulgate and the accompanying exegetic and catechetic explanations have been increasingly translated into German and presented to an ever-expanding public. Among these pre-reformational translations, the Oeuvre of the “Bible translator” is of particular importance, as he strove for a comprehensive translation and explanation using the latest Latin scientific literature. The peculiarity of the work lies in its linguistic brilliance and its completeness It consists of numerous individual parts of the bible, but also heresiological tracts and defences. Another special feature is the accompanying commentary, which represents the contemporary text comprehension. Additionally, it was a layman who oversaw the translation and who simultaneously turned against contemporary heretics and defended himself against attacks from Orthodoxy. The comments are moreover testimonies of contemporary critique of philosophy and superstition.
The work of the interacademic project takes place in two work groups, a bigger one set in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Augsburg (Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Freimut Löser, deputy Prof. Dr. Jens Haustein) and a smaller one set in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Martin Schubert, deputy Prof. Dr. Jens Haustein).
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- Prof. Dr. Jens Haustein (Project Leader)
- PD. Dr. Martin Schubert (Project Leader)
- Prof. Dr. Freimut Löser (Office Site Leader)
- Dr. Elke Zinsmeister (Office Site Leader)
- Annette Brandmeier (Official in Charge)
- Sebastian Holtzhauer M.A. (Research Associate)
- Monika Prams-Rauner M.A. (Research Associate)
- Christiane Römer (Doctoral Candidate)
- Michael Schmid (Technical Research Associate)
- Dr. Magdalena Terhorst (Research Associate)
- Dr. Angila Vetter (Research Associate)
Contact
- Dr. Elke Zinsmeister
- zinsmeister[at]bbaw.de
Contact person for the academies' programme
Sebastian Zwies M.A.
Geschäftsstelle Mainz
Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 2
55131 Mainz
Tel: 06131/218 528-17
E-Mail: sebastian.zwies@akademienunion.de