No book has been translated more frequently than the Bible; it exists in 2817 languages. In his incredibly exciting book 'Luther's Bible: The History of a Hostile Takeover,' Karl-Heinz Göttert narrates the story of these translations. From questions about the Hebrew and Greek "originals" to the Septuagint and the Vulgate, he demonstrates how Bible translations shaped languages, influenced culture, and the strategies translators employed to assert their theology—culminating in Luther's millennium translation, which peaks the process of the Christian appropriation of the sacred texts of the Jews. Along the way, it becomes evident how the translation of the Bible has significantly shaped our notions of critique and enlightenment, loyalty and forgery, rationality, and what language can achieve.