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	*[http://www.wulfila.be/gothic/browse/ Full text of the Wulfilabible]		*[http://www.wulfila.be/gothic/browse/ Full text of the Wulfilabible]
	*[http://www.gotica.de Smaller gothic fragments]		*[http://www.gotica.de Smaller gothic fragments]

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			The Gothic Bible or Wulfila Bible is the Christian [[Bible]] as translated by [[Wulfila]] in the fourth century into the [[Gothic language]] spoken by the Eastern Germanic ([[Gothic]]) tribes.

	== Codices ==		== Codices ==

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	== Codices ==		== Codices ==

	The Wulfila bible consists of a number of manuscripts from the 6th to 8th century containing a large part of the [[New Testament]] and some parts of the [[Old Testament]], largely written in Italy. The remaining [[Codex\|codices]] are [[Codex Argenteus]], which is kept in [[Uppsala]], the ''Codex Ambrosianus A'' through ''Codex Ambrosianus E'' containing the epistles [[Skeireins]], [[Nehemia]]), the ''Codex Carolinus'' ([[Epistle to the Romans\|Romans]]), the ''Codex Vaticanus Latinus 5750'' ([[Skeireins]]), den ''Codex Gissensis'' (fragments of the Gospel of Luke) and the ''Fragmenta Pannonica'', Fragments of a 1 mm thick metal plate with verses of the Gospel of John.		The Wulfila bible consists of a number of manuscripts from the 6th to 8th century containing a large part of the [[New Testament]] and some parts of the [[Old Testament]], largely written in Italy. The remaining [[Codex\|codices]] are [[Codex Argenteus]], which is kept in [[Uppsala]], the ''Codex Ambrosianus A'' through ''Codex Ambrosianus E'' containing the epistles [[Skeireins]], [[Nehemia]]), the ''Codex Carolinus'' ([[Epistle to the Romans\|Romans]]), the ''Codex Vaticanus Latinus 5750'' ([[Skeireins]]), den ''Codex Gissensis'' (fragments of the [[Gospel of Luke]]) and the ''Fragmenta Pannonica'', Fragments of a 1 mm thick metal plate with verses of the [[Gospel of John]].

	== Historic context ==		== Historic context ==

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== Codices ==

The Wulfila bible consists of a number of manuscripts from the 6th to 8th century containing a large part of the [[New Testament]] and some parts of the [[Old Testament]], largely written in Italy. The remaining [[Codex|codices]] are [[Codex Argenteus]], which is kept in [[Uppsala]], the ''Codex Ambrosianus A'' through ''Codex Ambrosianus E'' containing the epistles [[Skeireins]], [[Nehemia]]), the ''Codex Carolinus'' ([[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]]), the ''Codex Vaticanus Latinus 5750'' ([[Skeireins]]), den ''Codex Gissensis'' (fragments of the Gospel of Luke) and the ''Fragmenta Pannonica'', Fragments of a 1 mm thick metal plate with verses of the Gospel of John.

== Historic context ==

During the [[Third Century]], the Goths lived on the northeast border of the [[Roman Empire]], in what is now [[Ukraine]], [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]]. During the [[Fourth Century]], the Goths were converted to [[Christianity]], largely through the efforts of Bishop [[Ulfilas]], who invented the [[Gothic alphabet]] and translated the Bible into the Gothic language in [[Nicopolis ad Istrum]] in today's northern Bulgaria. Portions of this translation survive, affording the main surviving text written in the Gothic language.

[[Gothic Christianity]] differed from [[Catholic]] doctrine as to the divinity of [[Jesus]], with the Gothic Christians maintaining that Jesus was of a lesser creation than [[God]]. The Goths rejected the [[Holy Trinity]]. (see ''[[Arianism]]'').

During the [[Fifth Century]], the Goths overran the [[Western Roman Empire]], including Spain, southern France, and North Africa. Gothic Christianity reigned in these areas for several centuries, before the re-establishment of the Catholic Church, and the advent of [[Islam]].

== Modern importance ==
The Wulfila bible, although fragmented, is the only extensive document in an ancient, Eastern Germanic language. Since the other texts are of very limited extent, except maybe [[Skeireins]], its significance for the study of these languages can hardly be overstated.

== Text of [[The Lord's Prayer]] in the Wulfilabible ==

:''atta unsar þu in himinam,''
:''weihnai namo þein.''
:''qimai þiudinassus þeins.''
:''wairþai wilja þeins,''
:''swe in himina jah ana airþai.''
:''hlaif unsarana þana sinteinan gif uns himma daga.''
:''jah aflet uns þatei skulans sijaima,''
:''swaswe jah weis afletam þaim skulam unsaraim.''
:''jah ni briggais uns in fraistubnjai,''
:''ak lausei uns af þamma ubilin;''
:''unte þeina ist þiudangardi jah mahts jah wulþus in aiwins.''
:''amen.''

==External links==
*[http://www.wulfila.be/gothic/browse/ Full text of the Wulfilabible]
*[http://www.gotica.de Smaller gothic fragments]