Bible of Kralice
The Kralice Bible ( Czech Bible Kralická ) is the most popular translation of the Old and New Testament into Czech. It was printed in the second half of the 16th century in Moravia.
History
The translated from the original languages of Hebrew and Greek into Czech during the Reformation and timed comment Kralice Bible formed until the early 19th century, the basis for the study of the Czech language.
It was named after their place of origin Kralitz that. Using the Fixed and built after 1540 Castle in 1572 by the Moravian provincial judge Colonel Johann the Elder was acquired by Zerotin which connected it with his rule Namiest. Johann the Elder. Zerotin was a patron of the Czech Brethren and put them Kralice festivals available. Thither they transferred their 1578 since 1562 in Eibenschütz operated, founded by Bishop Jan Blahoslav secret printing. Its main concern was the Bible and other texts to be published in the vernacular. Bishop Jan Blahoslav himself translated the New Testament, which in Eibenschütz under the title " Nový zákon (z jazyku řeckého ) vnově do češtiny přeložený Léta Páně 1564 v Ivančicích " first appeared in 1564. Four years later, the second edition followed ( secunda editio diligenter recognita anno 1568).
The Kralice Bible, which is characterized by a special care, emerged in the years 1579 to 1593. You consists of six volumes, the volumes to V I include the books of the Old Testament. On the translation of the Old Testament, which was coordinated by Bishop Ondřej / Andreas Štefan, the successor to Jan Blahoslavs, several employees were involved. Extensive material translation of the Old Testament also left the 1571 deceased Bishop Jan Blahoslav.
The Volume VI of the Kralice Bible was printed in 1593. It contains the New Testament, which is based on the translation of the brothers Bishop January Blahoslav, which was edited in 1564 and appeared in a second edition in 1568 and the brothers seniors January Němčanský (John Niemczanius ) and Zachariah / Zacharias Ariston.
The pressure of the Kralice Bible worried Zachariáš Solin.
A facsimile of the Kralice Bible was published in 1995 under the auspices of the then Czech President Vaclav Havel in the publishing Ferdinand Schöningh in Paderborn. 2009 was based on the Bible, the Bible Kralice 21 ( Nová Bible Kralická ) of the Foundation for New Kralice Bible published.
In addition to the former fortress, in Kralice is a museum about the history of the Brethren and the Kralice brothers - printing, which existed until 1622.