{"product_id":"1866-american-german-new-testament-85987","title":"1866 American German New Testament antique leather pocket bible 19th Century Christian Small Religious Book post Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis small German-language New Testament was published in New York in 1866 by the American Bible Society, one of the oldest Bible organizations in the United States. Its German title, Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi, translates as “The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” The American Bible Society was founded in New York City in 1816 by a group of prominent Americans who believed Scripture should be made widely available in languages and formats people could understand and afford. Among those associated with its founding were Elias Boudinot, John Jay and Francis Scott Key. The organization quickly became an important American publisher and distributor of Bibles, using relatively advanced printing methods for its time to produce Scriptures on a large scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular New Testament was printed in 1866, exactly fifty years after the Society's founding and just one year after the end of the American Civil War. The timing places it within a remarkable period of American history. During the Civil War era, the American Bible Society was actively producing and distributing Scriptures, including pocket-sized editions intended to be portable and accessible. Although printed in America, this volume is entirely in German, reflecting the importance of German-speaking communities in nineteenth-century America. Rather than being a Bible imported from Europe, it was produced in New York for a world in which large numbers of German-speaking immigrants and their descendants continued to read, worship and conduct daily life in their native language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is printed in the distinctive German blackletter or Fraktur-style type commonly encountered in nineteenth-century German religious works. Its small size and leather binding would have made it practical for personal use and easy to carry, rather than being a large family or pulpit Bible. A surviving institutional record confirms this particular 1866 edition. The Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison catalogs an example under the same title and publisher: Das neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi, New York, Amerikanische Bibel-Gesellschaft, 1866, comprising 454 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT: 1866 German New Testament\u003cbr\u003e\nFraktur\/blackletter-style German type\u003cbr\u003e\nDas Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi. New York: Amerikanische Bibel-Gesellschaft [American Bible Society], 1866.\u003cbr\u003e\n454 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION: POOR *Please see pictures* Pages are frail. The text is large enough and clear enough to read very easily. Pages are foxed and leather cover is very worn. We strive to provide excellent service!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Bookworms","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44152554586199,"sku":null,"price":169.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1555\/7303\/files\/il_fullxfull.8371664678_pxql.jpg?v=1786548260","url":"https:\/\/vintagebookworms.com\/products\/1866-american-german-new-testament-85987","provider":"Vintage Bookworms","version":"1.0","type":"link"}