---
_id: '65167'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Through the Reformation, the Bible and education gained central importance.
    The Reformation principle that the Bible as Holy Scripture should be the only
    basis and norm for faith (sola Scriptura) emphasized the importance of reading
    and writing. The Reformers wanted children and laypeople to become independent
    church members. Teaching material was needed for school lessons, and study Bibles
    with pictures were produced; Martin Luther’s Little Prayer Book (1529) served
    as a prototype. The Lay Bible (1540) by Wendelin Rihel was a continuation of Luther’s
    Little Prayer Book. This innovative period laid the foundation for later children’s
    Bible traditions.\r\n"
author:
- first_name: Marion
  full_name: Keuchen, Marion
  id: '251'
  last_name: Keuchen
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9904-6479
citation:
  ama: 'Keuchen M. Children’s Bibles in the Reformation: Martin Luther‘s „Passional“
    (1529) and Wendelin Rihel‘s „Leienbibel (1540). In: Powell McNutt J, Selderhuis
    H, eds. <i>The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation</i>. Oxford University
    Press; 2025:171-185. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13">10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13</a>'
  apa: 'Keuchen, M. (2025). Children’s Bibles in the Reformation: Martin Luther‘s
    „Passional“ (1529) and Wendelin Rihel‘s „Leienbibel (1540). In J. Powell McNutt
    &#38; H. Selderhuis (Eds.), <i>The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation</i>
    (pp. 171–185). Oxford University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13">https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13</a>'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Keuchen_2025, place={Oxford}, title={Children’s Bibles in the Reformation:
    Martin Luther‘s „Passional“ (1529) and Wendelin Rihel‘s „Leienbibel (1540)}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13">10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13</a>},
    booktitle={The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation}, publisher={Oxford
    University Press}, author={Keuchen, Marion}, editor={Powell McNutt, Jennifer and
    Selderhuis, Herman}, year={2025}, pages={171–185} }'
  chicago: 'Keuchen, Marion. “Children’s Bibles in the Reformation: Martin Luther‘s
    „Passional“ (1529) and Wendelin Rihel‘s „Leienbibel (1540).” In <i>The Oxford
    Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation</i>, edited by Jennifer Powell McNutt
    and Herman Selderhuis, 171–85. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13">https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Keuchen, “Children’s Bibles in the Reformation: Martin Luther‘s „Passional“
    (1529) and Wendelin Rihel‘s „Leienbibel (1540),” in <i>The Oxford Handbook of
    the Bible and the Reformation</i>, J. Powell McNutt and H. Selderhuis, Eds. Oxford:
    Oxford University Press, 2025, pp. 171–185.'
  mla: 'Keuchen, Marion. “Children’s Bibles in the Reformation: Martin Luther‘s „Passional“
    (1529) and Wendelin Rihel‘s „Leienbibel (1540).” <i>The Oxford Handbook of the
    Bible and the Reformation</i>, edited by Jennifer Powell McNutt and Herman Selderhuis,
    Oxford University Press, 2025, pp. 171–85, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13">10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13</a>.'
  short: 'M. Keuchen, in: J. Powell McNutt, H. Selderhuis (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook
    of the Bible and the Reformation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2025, pp. 171–185.'
date_created: 2026-03-27T08:42:23Z
date_updated: 2026-03-27T08:50:14Z
department:
- _id: '36'
- _id: '20'
- _id: '500'
doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13
editor:
- first_name: Jennifer
  full_name: Powell McNutt, Jennifer
  last_name: Powell McNutt
- first_name: Herman
  full_name: Selderhuis, Herman
  last_name: Selderhuis
keyword:
- Reformation children’s Bibles
- Bible illustrations
- lay Bible
- passional
- Martin Luther
- Wendelin Rihel
- religious education of children
language:
- iso: eng
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page: 171-185
place: Oxford
publication: The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation
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  - ' 9780198753186'
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
quality_controlled: '1'
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status: public
title: 'Children’s Bibles in the Reformation: Martin Luther‘s „Passional“ (1529) and
  Wendelin Rihel‘s „Leienbibel (1540)'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '251'
year: '2025'
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