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Work on translation of the Bible (Lao: ພຣະຄັມພີ) into the Lao language was begun by Swiss Brethren missionaries in 1902, producing three Gospels in 1908, then a translation of the full Bible in 1932. [1] [2] The US Bible Society has recently published a modern translation of the Bible into Lao. [3]
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 ...
[1] [2] Aramaic was the common language of Roman Judaea, and was thus also spoken by Jesus' disciples. Although according to new findings Hebrew was also a spoken language among Jews in Judea during the 1st century AD. [3] The villages of Nazareth and Capernaum in Galilee, where he spent most of his time, were populated by Aramaic-speaking ...
List of nations mentioned in the Bible. 4 languages. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide
The languages spoken in Galilee and Judea during the first century include the Semitic Aramaic and Hebrew languages as well as Greek, with Aramaic being the predominant language. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Most scholars agree that during the early part of the first century Aramaic was the mother tongue of virtually all natives of Galilee and Judea. [ 14 ]
Yawna – Maaloula Aramaic a non-profit educational initiative dedicated to the preservation of Aramaic – the language of Jesus – and the rich cultural heritage of Maaloula. Western Neo-Aramaic alphabet and pronunciation at Omniglot; Samples of spoken Western Neo-Aramaic at the Semitisches Tonarchiv (Semitic Audio Archive) Bakh’a dialect
The Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh (Hebrew: תנ"ך ), consists of 24 books. [a] "Hebrew" in "Hebrew Bible" may refer to either the Hebrew language or to the Hebrew people who historically used Hebrew as a spoken language, and have continuously used the language in prayer and study, or both.
The Gospel of John notes that the phrase "Jesus, King of the Jews" was inscribed upon the cross of Christ in three different languages, thereby sanctifying them as the first languages to proclaim his divinity. These are: Greek, the original language of the New Testament, as well as the Septuagint (a pre-Christian translation of the Hebrew Bible).