The Charles XII Bible (Swedish: Karl XII:s bibel) was a Bible translation into Swedish, instigated by King Charles XI in 1686 to produce an updated and modernised version of the old translation from 1541, which was known as the Gustav Vasa Bible. Charles XI died before the work was finished, and the new Bible translation was named for his son, King Charles XII. The translation was completed in 1703.[1][2]
Modernisation of Gustav II Adolf's Bible
Previously, in 1618, during the reign of Gustav II Adolf, a revised version of the Gustav Vasa Bible had been published; the Charles XII Bible is a modernised version of this Bible, including corrections and revised spellings.[3] It remained the official Swedish Bible translation and it was used in readings and sermons in the Church of Sweden until 1917 when it was replaced by the 1917 års kyrkobibel.
References
Further reading
- Åberg, Alf. 1958. Karl XI. Wahlström & Widstrand (reprinted by ScandBook, Falun 1994, ISBN 91-46-16623-8)
- Bengtsson B. 1953. Tillkomsten av Carl XII:s Biblia. Stockholm: Lagerströms förlag.
- "Charles XII Bible." Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Rystad, Göran. 2001 Karl XI / En biografi. Falun: AiT Falun AB. ISBN 91-89442-27-X
External links
- "Bibeln (Karl XII) - Wikisource". sv.wikisource.org. 1703. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- "Biblia, Thet är All then Heliga Skrift På Swensko; Efter Konung CARL then Tolftes Befalning Medh förriga Editioner jämnförd; Summarier/ och Marginalier å nyo öfwersedde; Concordantier/ och Anmärckningar förökade; Nya Register/ och Biblisk Tideräkning inrättade; medh mera/ som Företalet närmare vthwisar. [Karl XII:s bibel]". Litteraturbanken | Svenska klassiker som e-bok och epub. 1703. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- "Svenska Karl XII:s Bibel (1873)". www.stepbible.org. Retrieved 2020-02-11.