Leaf from a 1663 Eliot Indian Bible: Jeremiah XL, XLII-XLIII

Authors

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Date

1663

Description

This is the first Bible printed in what is now the United States and is in a Native American language. John Eliot, a Cambridge scholar, Christian missionary, translator and linguist, learned the Wôpanâak dialect of the tribes of colonial New England with the assistance of several native speakers. His New Testament translation was printed in 1661. Two years later, he completed the Old Testament in Wôpanâak. His translations documented a language that didn’t exist in written form before his translation.

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Language(s)

Massachuset, an Algonquin language

Region

Massachusetts

City

Cambridge

Century

17th Century

Repository

University Archives and Special Collections

Keywords

Algonquin Bible, Wampanoag people, Native Americans, missionaries, Christian evangelism, New World, Americas, Natick, Pokanoket, Nonantum

Permission Statement

This item is in the public domain.

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Photographed by Ryan O'Grady

Disciplines

History of Religion | Language Interpretation and Translation | Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures

Recommended Citation

Bible. Jeremiah, XL, XLII-XLIII. Massachuset.