Introduction to Deuteronomy

AELW 9:x

"In 1524 Luther began his own transcription of his notes on Deuteronomy with the intention to dedicate the work to the bishop of the Prussian diocese of Samland, George Polenz, who was showing inclinations toward the evangelical cause (see p. 5 below). Luther gave sections of the manuscript to the printer Lufft as rapidly as they were finished, and by February 1525 he complained that he might not complete the entire work except for the fear that the printer would incur damage if he did not. Lufft evidently published an incomplete edition in 1524. When Luther finally completed the work in 1525, Lufft issued a second edition, resetting the initial sections without change. This is the work translated into English here (WA XIV, 497–744; St. Louis, III, 1370–1639)."