The Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society) is a religious foundation regulated by public law. It is involved in publishing and in spreading the message of the Bible.

The Society publishes the Bible in the original languages and in translation, as well as the texts of the apocrypha

Apocrypha

The term apocrypha is used with various meanings, including "hidden", "esoteric", "spurious", "of questionable authenticity", ancient Chinese "revealed texts and objects" and "Christian texts that are not canonical"....

 and scholarly works in biblical studies

Biblical studies

Biblical studies is the academic study of the Judeo-Christian Bible and related texts. For Christianity, the Bible traditionally comprises the New Testament and Old Testament, which together are sometimes called the "Scriptures." Judaism recognizes as scripture only the Hebrew Bible, also known as...

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In 1965, independent regional Bible Societies came together as the Protestant Bible Organisation.