Martin Luther (resources)

This is a selected list of works by and about Martin Luther, the German theologian. The emphasis is on English language materials.

Works by Luther

Catalog

Chronological catalog of Luther's life events, letters, and works with citations, 478 pages, 5.45 MB
LettersLuther4.doc

Earliest editions

Wittenberg edition

Nineteen volumes published between 1539 and 1558. Twelve volumes of German and seven volumes of Latin works.
Volume 7
1558, Wittenberg, Thomam Klug

Jena edition

Twelve volumes published between 1555 and 1558: eight volumes of German and four of Latin works. Two supplementary volumes were published at Eisleben, 1564–1565.
Volume 1
1556, Christians Rhodius
*Volume 2.
*Volume 3.
Volume 4
1557, Christians Rhodius

Collected works in German

*''D. Martin Luthers Werke, Kritische Gesamtausgabe.'' 70 vols. Weimar: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, 1883-.
::* Luther, Martin
D. Martin Luthers Werke, Kritische Gesamtausgabe, 3 Band
Weimar: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, 1885.
::* Luther, Martin
D. Martin Luthers Werke, Kritische Gesamtausgabe, 13 Band
Weimar: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, 1889.
::* Luther, Martin
D. Martin Luthers Werke, Kritische Gesamtausgabe, 25 Band
Weimar: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, 1902.

Translated collected works

*Lull, Timothy. Martin Luther Basic Theological Writings. Fortress Press 3rd edition 2012.
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''Select works Vol. II''
tr. Henry Cole. London: W. Simkin and R. Marshall, 1826.
''Select works Vol. III''
tr. Henry Cole. London: W. Simkin and R. Marshall, 1826.

(Largest Online English Luther Library)
*Luther, Martin. Luther's Works. 55 Volumes. Various translators. St. Louis, Minneapolis: Concordia Publishing House, Fortress Press, 1957–1986.

Luther's German Bible translation

*D. Martin Luthers Werke, Kritische Gesamtausgabe. Die Deutsche Bibel.'' 12 vols. Weimar: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nochfolger, 1906-61.
*''Die Luther-Bibel von 1534''. Kolorierte Faksimileausgabe, 2 Bände und Begleitband (v. Stephan Füssel), Taschen Verlag, 200

*Biblia Germanica. Luther-Übersetzung 1545, Ausgabe letzter Hand. Faksimilierte Handausgabe nach dem im Besitz der Deutschen Bibelgesellschaft befindlichen Originaldruck; einspaltig. Mit zahlreichen Initialen und Holzschnitten des Meisters MS, an deren Gestaltung Luther selbst mitgewirkt hat. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967.
*''D. Martin Luther. Die gantze Heilige Schrifft.'' Der komplette Originaltext von 1545 in modernem Schriftbild. Hrsg. von Hans Volz unter Mitarbeit von Heinz Blanke; Textredaktion Friedrich Kur. Rogner & Bernhard, München 1972 (Neuausgabe: Ed. Lempertz, Bonn 2004),
*''Die Luther-Bibel. Originalausgabe 1545 und revidierte Fassung 1912'' (CD-ROM), Digitale Bibliothek 29, Berlin 2002, (Es handelt sich um Luthers frühneuhochdeutschen Text.)
Wikisource LutherbibelDie Bibel (lateinisch/deutsch)Luthers Biblia 1545Audio Bibel in der Lutherübersetzung zum DownloadLutherbibel von 1984Lutherdeutsch.de

Letters in German

*''D. Martin Luthers Werke, Kritische Gesamtausgabe. Briefwechsel.'' 18 vols. Weimar: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, 1930-85.
*Dr. Martin Luthers Sämmtliche Werke. Briefwechsel. Ed. Ernst Ludwig Enders. Calw and Stuttgart.
Dr. Martin Luthers Sämmtliche Werke. Briefwechsel, Vierter Band
Ed. Ernst Ludwig Enders. Calw and Stuttgart, 1891.
Dr. Martin Luthers Sämmtliche Werke. Briefwechsel Fünfter Band
Ed. Ernst Ludwig Enders. Calw and Stuttgart, 1893.
Dr. Martin Luthers Sämmtliche Werke. Briefwechsel, Sechster Band
Ed. Ernst Ludwig Enders. Calw and Stuttgart, 1895.
Dr. Martin Luthers Sämmtliche Werke. Briefwechsel, Achter Band
Ed. Ernst Ludwig Enders. Calw and Stuttgart, 1898.
Dr. Martin Luthers Sämmtliche Werke. Briefwechsel, Zehnter Band
Ed. Ernst Ludwig Enders. Calw and Stuttgart, 1903.

Letters in English

*''Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters'', 2 vols., tr.and ed. by Preserved Smith, Charles Michael Jacobs, The Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia, Pa. 1913, 1918. Vol. 1 (1507-1521) an
Vol. 2 (1521-1530) from Google Books
Reprint of Vol. 1, Wipf & Stock Publishers (March 2006).
Letters of Martin Luther''
tr. Margaret A. Currie. London: Macmillan, 1908.
''Luther's Letters to Women''
ed. K. Zimmermann, tr. Malcolm. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.

(Letter to Severin Schulze, June 1, 1545) from ''Luther: Letters of Spiritual Counsel''. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1960, p. 52.)

English works

* The Antichrist, Diggory Press 2007,
* The Word of God, Diggory Press 2007,

Original works online

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*Full text of ''Luther Against the King of England'' also in:
''Luther in England, or an answer by Anticipation: to a Certain Member of Parliament, and Student of Christ Church'', Oxford
ed. by a late fellow of Oriel College, London, E. Palmer and Son, 1841, pp. 5–69.

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The Bondage of the Will
'. Cole, Henry, London: W. Simkin and R. Marshall, 1823. (covenanter.org)
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The Bondage of the Will
'. Cole, Henry, London: W. Simkin and R. Marshall, 1823. (Google Books)
*''Concerning Christian Liberty''. New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1910






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Disputation On the Divinity and Humanity of Christ
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Authority of Councils and Churches
'. tr. by C.B. Smyth. London: William Edward Painter, 1847.
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The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
'. trans. Steinhaeuser, Albert T.W. Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company. 1915.
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trans. Jacobs, C.M. in ''Works of Martin Luther With Introduction and Notes, Vol. 2''. Philadelphia: A.J. Holman Co., 1915.
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Commentaries

''A manual of the Book of psalms: Or, The Subject-contents of All the Psalms''
tr. Henry Cole. London: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1837.

tr. Theodore Graebner. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1949.
''A commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians''
London: B. Blake, 1833.
''A commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians''
Philadelphia: Smith, English & Co. Miller and Burlock, 1860.
Preface to the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans
trans. Thornton, Andrew. Munich: Roger & Bernhard. 1972, vol. 2, pp. 2254–2268.

Sermons

''A Selection of the Most Celebrated Sermons of Martin Luther''
ed. K. Zimmermann, tr. Malcolm. New York: S. & D. A. Forbes, 1830
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'. trans. Bachmann, Theodore E. in ''Luther's Works'' (first ed., now public domain): ''Word and Sacrament I, Vol. 35''. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1960, 161–174.
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Dr. Martin Luther's House-Postil Vol. 2
'. Columbus, Ohio: Schulze, J.A. 1884.
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Luther's Christmas Sermons: Epistles Vol. 1
'. trans. Lenker, Nicholas John et al. Minneapolis: Luther Press, 1908.
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Sermons on the Passion of Christ
'. Rock Island, Illinois: Lutheran Augustana Book Concern, 1871.
*Martin Luther's Christmas 1531 five-sermon series on Isaiah 9:6, translated into English by Nathaniel J. Biebert and unavailable in the American Edition or any other collection of Luther's sermons, can be foun
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Autobiography

''The Life of Luther Written by Himself''
ed. M. Michelet. tr. William Hazlitt. London: George Bell and Sons, 1904.

Music

*''Luther: Hymns, Ballads, Chants, Truth.'' 4 CD recording. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2005.
''Martin Luther's Spiritual Songs''
tr. Richard Massie. Chester: Hatchard & Son, 1854.
''The Hymns of Martin Luther: Set to their original melodies; with an English version''
ed. Bacon, Leonard Woolsey and Allen, Nathan H. Publishers: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York - 1883, Hodder & Stoughton, London - 1884.
* :de:Liste der Kirchenlieder Luthers, List of Luther's Hymns

Table talk

*''D. Martin Luthers Werke, Kritische Gesamtausgabe''. Tischreden. 6 vols. Weimar: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nochfolger, 1912–21.
''Luther's table talk; or, Some choice fragments from the familiar discourse of that godly man''
ed. & trans. Charles Heel et al. London: A. & R. Spottiswoode. 1832
Luther's Table Talk: A Critical Study"> Luther's Table Talk: A Critical Study
New York: Columbia University Press, 1907. from Google Books
''Table Talk''
London: Religious Tract Society.

Small and Large Catechism

*"The Large Catechism." ''Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions: A Reader's Edition of the Book of Concord''. Tr. W. H. T. Dau and G. F. Bente. Rev. and Updated by P. T. McCain, R. C. Baker, G. E. Veith and E. A. Engelbrecht. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2005, 375–470.

tr. and ed. F. Bente and W. H.T. Dau. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921.
*"Enchiridion: The Small Catechism." ''Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions: A Reader's Edition of the Book of Concord''. Tr. W. H. T. Dau and G. F. Bente. Rev. and Updated by P. T. McCain, R. C. Baker, G. E. Veith and E. A. Engelbrecht. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2005, 333–374.

tr. and ed. F. Bente and W. H.T. Dau. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921.

Smalcald articles

*"The Smalcald Articles." ''Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions: A Reader's Edition of the Book of Concord''. Tr. W. H. T. Dau and G. F. Bente. Rev. and Updated by P. T. McCain, R. C. Baker, G. E. Veith and E. A. Engelbrecht. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2005, 279–313.


Tr. and ed. W. H. T. Dau and G. F. Bente. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921.

Works about Luther

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*Nettl, Paul. Luther and Music. Trans. by Frida Best and Ralph Wood. New York: Russell & Russell, 1967, cop. 1948. vii, 174 p.
*Noble, Graham. "Martin Luther and German anti-Semitism," ''History Review'' (2002) No. 42:1-2.
*Nohl, Frederick. ''Luther: Biography of a Reformer''. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2003.
*Oberman, Heiko A. ''Luther: Man Between God and the Devil''. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
*Oberman, Heiko A. ''The Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Age of Renaissance and Reformation''.
*James I. Porter, trans. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.
*Pettegree, Andrew. ''Brand Luther''. New York: Penguin Books 2015. 379p
*Plass, Ewald M. ''This Is Luther: A Character Study''. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1948 eprint, 1984 .
*Plass, Ewald M. "Monasticism," in What Luther Says: An Anthology. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1959, 2:964.
*Polack, W.G. ''The Story of Luther''. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1931.
*Reston, James. ''Luther's Fortress: Martin Luther and His Reformation Under Siege''. 2015 New York:Basic Books. 255p
*Reu, John Michael. ''Luther and the Scriptures''. Columbus, Ohio: The Wartburg Press, 1944. eprint: St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1980
*Reu, John Michael. ''Luther's German Bible: An Historical Presentation Together with a Collection of Sources''. Columbus, Ohio: The Lutheran Book Concern, 1934. eprint: St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1984
*Ritter, Gerhard. ''Luther: His Life and Work''. John Riches, trans. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. .
*Schaff, Philip. ''History of the Christian Church''. 8 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
*Schreiber, Clara Seuel. ''Katherine, Wife of Luther''. Pbk. ed. Milwaukee, Wis.: Northwestern Publishing House, 1972. ''N.B''.: Biogrqaphy of Katharina Luther (née von Bora).
*Schuetze, Armin. ''Martin Luther: Reformer.'' Milwaukee, Northwestern Publishing House 2nd.Edition 2005
*Schwiebert, E.G. ''Luther and His Times''. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950. .
*Scribner, Robert W. ''For the Sake of Simple Folk: Popular Propaganda for the German Reformation'' Cambridge University Press, 1981.
*Selderhuis, Herman. Martin Luther. Crossway 2017.
*Siemon-Netto, Uwe. ''The Fabricated Luther: the Rise and Fall of the Shirer Myth''. Peter L. Berger, Foreword. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1995. .
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''An Original Account of Luther's death, Recently Discovered in the Krauth Memorial Library, Mount Airy''
eprint from ''The Lutheran church review'', v. 29, no. 2, pp. 313–325(1910

*Stanford, Peter. ''Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident.'' Hodder 2017.
*Steinmetz David. ''Luther In Context.'' Baker Academic. Revised Edition 2002
*Stöhr, Martin. "Die Juden und Martin Luther," in Kremers, Heinz et al. (eds.) ''Martin Luther und die Juden; die Juden und Martin Luther''. Neukirchener publishing house, Neukirchen Vluyn 1985, 1987 (2. Edition). p. 90.
*Swihart, Altman K. ''Luther and the Lutheran Church, 1483-1960''. New York: Philosophical Library, 1960.
*Thompson, Mark D. ''A Sure Ground on Which to Stand: The Relation of Authority and Interpretive Method in Luther's Approach to Scripture''. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2004.
*Tjernagel, Neelak S. ''Martin Luther and the Jewish People''. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1985.
*Todd, John M. ''Luther: A Life''. New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, 1982. (Also a


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Tr. and ed. W. H. T. Dau and G. F. Bente. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921.

Audio

Martin Luther: Hymns, Ballads, Chants, Truth


Four lectures by Dr. Michael Reeves on Luther's life and influence (o
www.theologynetwork.org

Films

* 1953: '' Martin Luther (1953 film), Martin Luther'', theatrical film, with Niall MacGinnis as Luther; directed by Irving Pichel. Academy Award nominations for black & white cinematography and art/set direction. Re-released in 2002 on DVD in 4 languages.
* 1974: ''Luther'', theatrical film (MPAA rating: PG), with Stacy Keach as Luther. Adapted from John Osborne's play.
* 1981: ''Where Luther Walked'', documentary featuring Roland Bainton as guide and narrator, directed by Ray Christensen (VHS released in 1992),
* 1983: ''Martin Luther: Heretic'', TV presentation with Jonathan Pryce as Luther, directed by Norman Stone.
* 1983: ''Martin Luther: An Eye on Augsburg'', a film funded by the Northern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod with Rev. Robert Clausen as Luther.
* 2001: ''Opening the Door to Luther'', travelogue hosted by Rick Steves. Sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
* 2002: ''Martin Luther'', a historical film from the Lion TV/PBS ''Empires'' series, with Timothy West as Luther, narrated by Liam Neeson and directed by Cassian Harrison.
* 2003: ''Luther'', theatrical release (MPAA rating: PG-13), with Joseph Fiennes as Luther and directed by Eric Till. Partially funded by American and German Lutheran groups.

Historiography

* Dickens, A. G., and John M. Tonkin. ''The Reformation in Historical Thought'' (Harvard University Press,. 1985) 443 pp
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* Gassmann, Günther, and Mark W. Oldenburg. ''Historical dictionary of Lutheranism'' (Scarecrow Press, 2011).
* Landry, Stan Michael. ''That all may be one? Church unity, Luther memory, and ideas of the German nation, 1817–1883'' (PhD dissertation, University of Arizona, 2010
online
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* Lehmann, Hartmut. ''Martin Luther in the American imagination'' (W. Fink, 1988).
* * Scribner, Robert W. "Incombustible Luther: the image of the reformer in early modern Germany." ''Past & Present'' 110 (1986): 38–68
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* Stayer, James M. ''Martin Luther, German saviour: German evangelical theological factions and the interpretation of Luther, 1917-1933'' (McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 2000).
* Tracy, James D., ed. ''Luther and the modern state in Germany'' (Truman State University Press, 1986).
* Wallman, Johannes. "The Reception of Luther's Writings on the Jews from the Reformation to the End of the 19th Century". ''Lutheran Quarterly'' 1 (Spring 1987): 72–97.
* Zeeden, E.W. ''The Legacy of Luther: Martin Luther and the Reformation in the Estimation of the German Lutherans from Luther's Death to the Beginning of the Age of Goethe'' (London: Hollis and Carter, 1954).

Notes

Online information on Luther and his work

''Here I Stand''
a biography by Ronald Bainton

KDG Wittenberg's Luther site (7 languages)

Christian Cyclopedia: Martin Luther







''New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge'' article on "Luther, Martin"


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The "seat" of the Reformation
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Jewish Encyclopedia: Martin Luther

Luther's Men - Discuss Theology and BeerLuther On Islam

External links

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16th Century Reformation Reading Room
Extensive online Luther resources, Tyndale Seminary
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