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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.
Disciplines
History of Religion | Language Interpretation and Translation | Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures
Recommended Citation
Bible. Jeremiah, XL, XLII-XLIII. Massachuset.
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History of Religion Commons, Language Interpretation and Translation Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons
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