Gothic
Early translation · goth · Ulfilas, 4th century
The translation Ulfilas, bishop to the Goths, made in the 4th century, inventing the Gothic alphabet to write it. Its chief manuscript is the Codex Argenteus, the Silver Bible, written in silver and gold on purple parchment in the 6th century. Its last leaf, with Mark 16:12–20, was found in Speyer Cathedral in 1970.
Contents
Parts of the Gospels and Paul’s epistles.
Where It Is Kept
Codex Argenteus: Uppsala University Library, Sweden.
Cited For
- Matthew 6:13 “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen”
- Mark 16:9–20 “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils …”
- John 7:8 “not up yet”
Early translations show the Greek their translators had, sometimes older than any Greek manuscript of the passage that survives. Their abbreviations name the language: it (Old Latin), vg (Vulgate), syr (Syriac), cop (Coptic), arm (Armenian), goth (Gothic), slav (Slavonic).
