The First Germanic Bible - Translated from the Greek by the Gothic Bishop Wulfila in the Fourth Century - and The Other Remains of the Gothic Language - with Introduction, Syntax and Glossary

This reproduction is larger print than others; the original book has been expanded to 8.5x11 so the print is not so small. If other publisher's reprinted this in any smaller size, the print will be small. plastic comb-bound, facsimile reprint of this 1891 title. Attractive color cover with protective, clear plastic cover sheets, 22-lb. archival quality paper, chipboard added front and back inside covers to add firmness. 466 pages of main text, and additional pages of original introduction, etc. New Introduction/comparison/discussion of the Gothic language/people and illustrations added by Modern Publisher, 504pp., total. NO shadows, NO lines, NO ghost-image text, NO off-center pages creeping into the margin, etc. Quality reprint. Contains extensive list of other resources added by Modern Publisher. The Gothic Bible is the earliest translation into any Germanic (including English) language, and predates the Latin Vulgate and was not translated from the Septuagint, but other extant Greek texts. It is fragmentary (only a chapter or two of the Old Testament have survived) and the books of the New Testament likewise did not all survive antiquity and those that have are fragmentary (like the Dead Sea Scrolls). -----> Publisher will print in paperback if any individual/distributor/group orders 25 copies. Inquire. Expedited Domestic and Overseas shipping avaiable for extra cost, since Amazon's unrealistic, out of touch shipping charges only cover half of the cost to mail this oversized, heavy book... inquire.