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america was so "english" the first american bible was published in german, before it was published in english
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Sauer
>The Sauer Bible was the first Bible printed in a European language in North America. Sauer was a German-born printer in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Hoping to serve the area’s growing German-speaking population, he printed his Bible using Martin Luther’s translation and produced approximately 1,200 copies. Saur’s son, Christoph Saur Jr., would print a second edition in 1763, which was the first Bible printed on American-made paper, and a third edition in 1776, which was the first Bible printed using American-made type.
america was so "english" the first american bible was published in german, before it was published in english
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Sauer
>The Sauer Bible was the first Bible printed in a European language in North America. Sauer was a German-born printer in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Hoping to serve the area’s growing German-speaking population, he printed his Bible using Martin Luther’s translation and produced approximately 1,200 copies. Saur’s son, Christoph Saur Jr., would print a second edition in 1763, which was the first Bible printed on American-made paper, and a third edition in 1776, which was the first Bible printed using American-made type.
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