Bible translations
11Bible translations (Finnish) — The first Finnish translation of the New Testament was Mikael Agricola s Se Wsi Testamenti Somexi (The New Testament in Finnish), which was translated from Greek originals into Finnish in 1548. Agricola is today considered the father of the… …
12Bible translations (Japanese) — Japanese Bible translation begin when Catholic missionaries (Kirishitan) entered Japan in 1549, and Jesuits published the full New Testament in Kyoto, in 1613. Shortly afterwards, however, Christianity was banned and all the missionaries were… …
13Bible translations (Dutch) — The first bible translation into Dutch directly from Greek and Hebrew sources was the Statenvertaling . It was ordered by the States General at the Synod of Dordrecht in 1618/19, and first published in 1637. It soon became the generally accepted… …
14Bible translations (Aramaic) — Aramaic translations of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) played an important role in the liturgy and learning of rabbinic Judaism. Each such translation is called a Targum (plural: Targumim ). During Talmudic times the targum was interpolated within the …
15Bible translations (French) — The first printed translation of the Bible into French was the work of the French theologian Jacques Lefèvre d Étaples in 1530 in Antwerp, Belgium. This was substantially revised and improved in 1535 by Pierre Robert Olivétan. This Bible, in turn …
16Bible translations (Amharic) — Amharic = The first Bible translation into Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, was by Abu Rumi in the early 1800 s. This translation was revised a number of times. [ [http://www.good amharic books.com/onebook.php?bookID=116 Good Amharic… …
17Bible translations (Afrikaans) — The first Afrikaans Bible translation was made in 1933, and revised in 1953 by the Bybelgenootskap van Suid Afrika , a South African Bible society. There is also a 1983 translation. External links* [http://www.biblesociety.co.za/ Bible Society of …
18Bible translations (Apache) — Apache = Missionary Crusader, Lubbock, Texas published an Apache language translation of John, James, and 1 John in 1958.After translating the Navajo Bible, Faye Edgerton learned Apache, and together with Faith Hill, and the Apache s Celena Perry …
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20Modern English Bible translations — The Bible in English Old English (pre 1066) Middle English (1066–1500) Early Modern English (1500–1800) Modern Christian (1800–) Modern Jewish (1853–) Miscellaneous This box …
