Johannes Greber
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Johannes Greber (1874–1944) born in Wenigerath, Germany, was a Catholic priest
He claimed he had never become a medium himself; his wife later became a medium and was involved in a variety of spiritualist activities.
In Germany, he was ordained in 1900 and served a church in the poor area of Hunsrueck. Many in the area suffered from tuberculosis, even ‘’organizing nurses to treat large numbers of tuberculosis’’.[1] During WW1, he also helped thousands of children escape the war by fleeing into Holland.
In 1923, he attended a séance and his life was changed. He renounced his vows and left the Catholic church. He emigrated to the USA in 1929 and began a nondenominational church, with prayer and healing sessions in Teaneck, NJ. He later worked on a translation of the New Testament, publishing ‘’The New Testament, A New Translation and Explanation Based on the Oldest Manuscripts’’ (1935). He claimed using the oldest sources available including the Greek codex D, and where a meaning was not clear, he received supernatural guidance after, as he says in his prologue, much time in prayer, as he translated with his wife acting as a medium, along with visions given to him of the actual words on occasion, to the point that the text he translated. “In the rare instances in which a text pronounced correct by the divine spirits can be found in none of the manuscripts available today, I have the text as given by the spirits.”[1]
Greber's belief in spirit communication with holy spirits of God, a common occurrence throughout the Old and New Testament, affected his translation clearly in 1 Corinthians 12:28, “...mediums who speak in various foreign languages’’.”[2]
Publications[]
- Communication with the Spirit World of God, Its Laws and Purpose (1932)
- A Plan for the Solution of the Problem of the German Refugees (1939)
- New Testament, A New Translation Based on the Oldest Manuscripts (1935)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b p. 97. William Paul. 2003. English Language Bible Translators. Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland and Co.
- ^ p. 98. William Paul. 2003. English Language Bible Translators. Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland and Co.
External links[]
- Link to this site with old translation PDF of Johannes Greber book
- Link to site selling this translation
- Link to site adding to his views
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110913185925/http://www.johannesgreber.org/
- 1874 births
- 1944 deaths
- German spiritualists
- Spiritual mediums
- Translators of the Bible into English
- Bible translator stubs