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Bible Museum Münster is a museum located in
Münster Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a ...
, Germany, telling the story of the Bible from its handwritten beginnings until today. The main focus lies on the tradition of Greek New Testament as well as the German Bible. The museum forms part of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Münster.


History

The museum was founded as a department of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research by
Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...
and was opened with a ceremonial act on 8 March 1979 in the presence of Federal President Walter Scheel. It was the first and only Bible museum worldwide at that time. In 1983, Barbara Aland became its director and she was followed in October 2004 by Holger Strutwolf.


Collection

The museum exhibits include: * Earliest Greek manuscripts on papyrus, parchment and paper * Representative of the Greek printed books New Testament * Bible illustrations by famous painters such as Hans Holbein and Marc Chagall * The history of the English Bible: by pre-Lutheran translations via Luther Bible to today's translations in different dialects * An original reproduction of the Gutenberg Press * Bible Polyglot: Multilingual editions (Latin, Coptic, Syrian, Ethiopian etc.) as a mirror of science * The work of the United Bible Societies The basis of its holdings is a private collection. Some parts of the older holdings of the Institute of New Testament Textual Research were added. Over the years the collection was expanded further with significant exhibits; it is augmented by changing items on loan from a private manuscript collector from Norway. In April 2010, the Bible Museum in Germany received the largest private collection of Bibles from collector Walter Remy. This classical language Bible collection includes 379 Latin, Greek and 16 200 multilingual Bibles from the 16th to the 18th century. Since the Bible Museum is part of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) which holds some original manuscripts of the New Testament, those manuscripts can be seen in the Bible Museum in Münster. *Minuscules: 676, 798, 1432, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2460, 2754, 2755, 2756, 2793; *Lectionaries: ℓ''1681'', ℓ''1682'', ℓ''1683'', ℓ''1684'' (lower script Uncial 0233), ℓ''1685'', ℓ''1686'', ℓ''2005'', ℓ''2137'', ℓ''2208'', and ℓ''2276''.


See also

* Institute for New Testament Textual Research * Biblical manuscripts *
Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...


References


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External links

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