Fore New Testament
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Fore New Testament (FORNYB)
Overview
The Fore New Testament (Mono Agowe) was first published in 1974 by the New York Bible Society (now Biblica), translated by Wycliffe Bible Translators working among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands Province. [1] The Fore are a community of approximately 20,000 people living in the Okapa District, divided by the Wanevinti Mountains into North Fore and South Fore groups. [2] The Fore became internationally known in medical history as the population affected by kuru, a fatal prion disease transmitted through ritualistic endocannibalism as part of mourning practices. Kuru was first reported to Western medicine in 1957 by Daniel Carleton Gajdusek and Vincent Zigas, and approximately 2,700 people died from the disease between 1957 and 2005. [3] The practice of endocannibalism was largely abandoned by 1960 following intervention by Australian administrators. [3] The printed Fore New Testament has been out of print for decades, and the Fore community has requested a revision and reprint through Tyndale Bible Translators. [4]
References
- [2] Fore people - Wikipedia. Overview of Fore population and geography.
- [3] Kuru (disease) - Wikipedia. History of the kuru epidemic among the Fore people.
- [4] Fore Language Group - Google Play. Reference to the Fore NT revision project.
Language and People
Fore (ISO 639-3: for) is spoken by approximately 30,190 people in Papua New Guinea, Map 10. [Glottolog: fore1270]
Publishing and Organizations
Published by New York Bible Society. Translation type: First.
References
- BibleSearch - Online text, American Bible Society
- Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
- Mono Agowe - Online text, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.
- Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library
- Rosetta Project: Fore Genesis - Internet Archive / Rosetta Project. Genesis in Fore.
- find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for FORNYB.
- Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
- ebible.org entry - ebible.org.