Except First And Second Kings
Written Jul 25th, 2006 by Josh Rives | Email This
The Visigoths were known as barbarians, but the only reason they were labeled this in history is because they tried to invade the Roman Empire. If Canada tried to invade the Roman Empire, they would probably be labeled barbaric. Well barbaric or not, a missionary named Ulfilas or Wulfila (whatever), crossed over the Danube because he thought that the Goths needed Jesus too.
Ulfilas saw a lot of converts in his 40 years with the Goths, but in the beginning he faced a huge obstacle that just happens to be what he is most famous for. He thought that the first step in reaching the Goths would be to translate the Bible into the Gothic language. The problem was that the Bible contained words and concepts that the Gothic language didn’t cover, mainly because there was not really a Gothic alphabet. Ulfilas basically created an alphabet for the Gothic language.
Ulfilas started translating the Bible with its new, fandangled alphabet. You can see the Lord’s Prayer in Gothic in the picture on the right. He translated the entire Bible into Gothic language, except he left out the book of Kings. Ulfilas felt that the book of Kings was just stories about military exploits and since the Goths were already very fond of war, it might just be better that they didn’t know about that. Oh, Ulfilas…Wulfila (whatever)…
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