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The Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders (Dutch: Nederlands-Vlaams Bijbelgenootschap, lit. 'Dutch-Flemish Bible Society'; NBG) is a non-denominational Bible society in the Netherlands and Flanders devoted to translating, publishing, and distributing the Bible at affordable costs.
In 1965, the Council for Contact and Deliberation regarding the Bible (RCOB) [a] was established, which then requested the Dutch-Flemish Bible Society (NBG) [b] and the Catholic Bible Foundation (KBS) [c] to produce a common Bible translation. After several attempts and initiatives, the intention to create a new ecumenical Bible translation was ...
The NBV21 is an ecumenical Dutch-language Bible translation, created by the Dutch-Flemish Bible Society (Dutch: Nederlands-Vlaams Bijbelgenootschap; NBG) and published in 2021. The NBV21 is a revised version of the New Bible Translation (Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling; NBV) of 2004. In comparison to the NBV, around 12,000 edits were made to the NBV21.
Flemish people also emigrated at the end of the fifteenth century, when Flemish traders conducted intensive trade with Spain and Portugal, and from there moved to colonies in America and Africa. [28] The newly discovered Azores were populated by 2,000 Flemish people from 1460 onwards, making these volcanic islands known as the "Flemish Islands".
Jacob Revius (1586–1658), poet but worked also on the new bible translation known as the Statenbijbel that appeared in 1637 and is still in use today in some Protestant circles; Thomas Asseleyn (1620–1701), writer of comedies; Willem Godschalk van Focquenbroch (1640–1670), poet and playwright; Jan Luyken (1649–1712)
Pages in category "Flemish people" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Beatrice of Nazareth (Dutch: Beatrijs van Nazareth; c. 1200 – 1268), [2] also known as Beatrice of Tienen, was a Flemish Cistercian nun, visionary and mystic.Remembered chiefly through a medieval adaptation of her writings, of which the originals are now mostly lost, she is venerated as Blessed by the Catholic Church.
The Digital Bible Library lists over 240 different contributors. [1] According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, in September 2024, speakers of 3,765 languages had access to at least a book of the Bible, including 1,274 languages with a book or more, 1,726 languages with access to the New Testament in their native language and 756 the full Bible ...