London Bible

London Bible (EPOLDN)

Overview

Esperanto is an artificial language developed by Ludvic L. Zamenhof (1859-1917), a Jewish linguist from Lithuania, and used since 1887. It is the mostly widely used constructed language in the world. Zamenhof translated the Jewish Bible (Old Testament) from the Hebrew Masoretic text into Esperanto. It was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1910. The New Testament was translated a team of Esperanto speaking British clergy and scholars and completed in 1912. Scholars from the British and Foreign Bible Society harmonized the language between the Testaments. In 1926 BFBS printed these together as the La Sankta Biblio (The Holy Bible) often called the Londona Biblio (London Bible). This edition was produced by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1926. This digitised edition copyright British and Foreign Bible Society 2013.

Language and People

Esperanto (ISO 639-3: epo) is spoken by approximately 1,000 people. [Glottolog: espe1235]

Publishing and Organizations

Created by British & Foreign Bible Society. Published by British and Foreign Bible Society. Translation type: First.

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