Theophilus Bible 2022: Modern German Bible Translation in the Public Domain

A 2022 modern German Bible translation, explicitly published into the public domain. The dataset contains 61 of the 66 canonical biblical books, aligned with OSIS verse IDs. It was uploaded by the author 'Geliebter' to Hugging Face and last updated on June 14, 2026.

Use Cases

• Training German language models based on the public domain biblical text.
• Studying modern German translation styles based on the contemporary language used.
• Conducting verse-aligned textual analysis based on the OSIS verse IDs.
• Creating derivative works for publication based on the public domain license.

Strengths

• Explicitly published as public domain, allowing free use, distribution, publication, and AI training.
• Contains 61 of the 66 canonical biblical books.
• Text is verse-aligned with OSIS verse IDs for structured reference.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is missing 5 canonical books (e.g., 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles).

Provenance

Source

Theophilus Bible translation project.

Collection Method

Modern translation of biblical texts into German.

Time Range

Translation published in 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-14 10:49:58; freshness should be verified.