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The Bible in the Lun Bawang language (Ethnologue: lnd) known as the Bala Luk Do' was first translated and published in 1982 by the Bible Society of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. It was the first whole book published in the language of the Lun Bawang people who reside in the interior border region between Sabah , Sarawak , and Kalimantan .
This was the last Bible translation in the Malay language that saw common use in the newly independent states of Malaya and Indonesia. 1974: Perjanjian Baharu (TMV) Malaysian Malay: A new translation of the New Testament using the principle of dynamic equivalence published by the Bible Society of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei (BSMSB). 1987
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At the early stage of Islamisation, the Arabic script was taught to the people who had newly embraced Islam in the form of religious practices, such as the recitation of Quran as well as salat. The Arabic script was accepted by the Malay community together with their acceptance of Islam and was adapted to suit spoken Classical Malay.
The Bible Society of Malaya prior to 1948 was a branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS). [2] The BSSMB existed in this form until the Malaysian auxiliary established itself as the Bible Society of Malaysia [3] in 1986 and the BSSMB was renamed the Bible Society of Singapore and Brunei.
The Bible was translated into Arabic from a variety of source languages. These include Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac. [1] Judeo-Arabic translations can also exhibit influence of the Aramaic Targums. Especially in the 19th century, Arabic Bible translations start to express regional colloquial dialects. The different communities that ...
William Girdlestone Shellabear (1862–1947) was a "pioneer" [1] scholar and missionary in British Malaya (today, part of Malaysia). He was known for both his appreciation of Muslim society and also his translation of the Bible into the Malay language. [2] [3]
The Arabic Infancy Gospel is a New Testament apocryphal writing concerning the infancy of Jesus. It may have been compiled as early as the sixth century, and was partly based on the Infancy Gospel of Thomas , the Gospel of James , and the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew , though much of it is also based on oral tradition.