2007-03-24 03:07:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the first book to be printed with a printing press, invented by Gutenberg.
2007-03-24 03:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gutenberg invented the printing press. Before the press, all books were written and copied by hand.
The Gutenberg printing press made mass production of books possible.
The Gutenberg bible is the first bible that was printed by using the Gutenberg printing press.
2007-03-24 10:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by khorat k 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a result of the best invention in the last 1000 years, the first printing press. It was the first book printed in volume. It allowed religion to progress out of the dark ages.(actually it brought the whole world out of the dark ages, it allowed for the spread of knowledge through out the world). It was the first affordable bible. Meaning more people could purchase books.
The printing press was the result of (I believe it was a type of wine press with letters added to it.) That is all I can tell you about the Gutenberg Bible.
2007-03-24 10:25:08 · answer #3 · answered by READER 1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was part of the beginning of the Reformation of the Catholic Church. The Church protested the printing of the Bible in German because they did not want the common people to read it. Because of the printing press, the Church could not keep the Book out of the hands of the people.
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2007-03-26 15:50:32 · answer #4 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's a version of the Catholic Bible first printed on the movable type printing press. The oldest movable type book ever made. Thus it's a collectable. There are older Bibles made from fixed plates or hand made. This was the first "mass market" book.
2007-03-24 10:37:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
first bible printed with a printing press. before the gutenberg they were handwritten
2007-03-24 10:10:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Johann Gutenbirg made the printing press. and the first thing he printed was the Bible so its called the Gutenbirg Bible. hoped that helped. i never knew history will come in handy : p
2007-03-24 10:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by МɨҞҾ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First printed version of the bible done in German.
2007-03-24 10:13:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Printed in Germany in around 1455, was the first substantial book to be printed using moveable type
2007-03-24 10:11:44 · answer #9 · answered by Bertie D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think its the oldest written Bible in existence today. I think
2007-03-24 10:10:03 · answer #10 · answered by wilchy 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋