Bible of Kralice

Kralice Bible
Bible of Kralice, title page, vol. 1.
Full name	Biblj ſwatá. To geſt, Kniha w njž se wſſecka Pjſma S. Starého y Nowého Zákona obſahugj (1613 one-volume edition)
Language	Czech
Complete Bible published	1593
Textual basis	NT: Textus Receptus, Beza's edition (Blahoslav)[citation needed] OT: Plantin Polyglot[citation needed]
Copyright	Public domain due to age
show Genesis 1:1–3 Na počátku stvořil Bůh nebe a zemi. Země pak byla nesličná a pustá, a tma byla nad propastí, a Duch Boží vznášel se nad vodami. I řekl Bůh: Buď světlo! I bylo světlo. Genesis 1:1 in other translations show John 3:16 Nebo tak Bůh miloval svět, že Syna svého jednorozeného dal, aby každý, kdož věří v něho, nezahynul, ale měl život věčný. John 3:16 in other translations

The Printing of the Bible of Kralice in Ivančice (1914), by Alphonse Mucha, The Slav Epic

The Bible of Kralice, also called the Kralice Bible (Czech: Bible kralická), was the first complete translation of the Bible from the original languages into Czech. Translated by the Unity of the Brethren and printed in the town of Kralice nad Oslavou, the first edition had six volumes and was published between 1579 and 1593. The third edition, from 1613, is classic and till this day the most widely known and used Czech translation^{[citation needed]} . The New Testament had been translated from the Greek by Jan Blahoslav and published in 1564.

	Ten Biblical songs (Czech: Biblické Písně) by Antonín Dvořák Menu 0:00 Antonín Dvořák's 1894 setting of selections from Psalms in the Bible of Kralice's translation.
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Czech Wikisource has original text related to this article: Bible kralická

• Bible translations into Czech
• Slavic translations of the Bible

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External links[]

• Bible of Kralice – electronic version of the first edition (in Czech)
• Bible of Kralice – electronic version of the latest edition (in Czech)
• Travelling exhibition shows history of Bible in Czech lands – This exhibition includes the Bible of Kralice and a photo shows the Bible.
• The Kralice Bible – short history of the edition and the details of its printing, with special attention given to a full 6-volume set preserved at the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem.

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