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translate the Bible into the Japanese language among the Catholic believers during the 310 years since the first Jesuit missionary to Japan, Francis Xavier, appeared in Kagoshima in 1549 (the 18th year of Temmon, the 24th year of Emperor Gonara). Those Catholics, generally called Kirishitan in Japanese, had some passages of the Holy Scriptures
Feb 27, 2018 · The first Japanese translation of the bible was produced around 1549. [UPDATED: 2-27-2018] St. Francis Xavier is said to have brought a Japanese translation of sections of The Gospel According to Matthew with him when he arrived in Japan in 1549.
Jan 11, 2013 · The Japanese Translations of the Hebrew Bible: History, Inventory and Analysis tells the story of the translation of the Bible into Japanese against the background of the transplanting of...
- Doron B. Cohen
- 451 pages
- 900424347X, 9789004243477
- BRILL, 2013
A Short History of Japanese Bible Translation. Katsuomi Shimasaki* The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the history of Japanese Bible translation for those who have no or limited knowledge about it by selecting major translation works with notes on them. 1. The Edo Era (16c to 19c) 1.1. Catholic. 1.1.1.
He translated the Bible into Chinese in cooperation with William Milne (LMS) and published it ( ꡔ神天聖書ꡕ ) in 1823 in Malacca. It is noteworthy that they also had Japanese in mind as readers, because they knew that the educated class in Japan could read and write Chinese during the period.
Tokyo Bible Translation Council is formed and begins translating the Old Testament; the Great Britain Bible Society and the American Bible Society set up branches in Japan; Hepburn and S.R. Brown publish Romans; the Translation Committee Company Gospel of Luke and Hebrews; Carothers' revision of Kuro Kato's Brief Explanation of the New ...
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The Bible Societies were engaged in both supporting the translation of the Bible and its distribution through the employment of colporteurs and Bible-women, which also supplemented and benefitted the work of missionaries in the field.
