Eliot Indian Bible

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The Eliot Indian Bible is a 17th-century translation of the Christian Bible into the Massachusett (Algonquian) language by missionary John Eliot, notable as the first Bible printed in North America and an important early work in Native American linguistics.

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Eliot Indian Bible canonical 3
Indian Bible 1
Massachusett Indian Bible 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-language text
Bible translation
Christian Bible
Massachusett-language text
printed book
religious text
alsoKnownAs Eliot Indian Bible
surface form: Indian Bible

Eliot Indian Bible
surface form: Massachusett Indian Bible
approximateCompletionTime 1660s
associatedPerson John Eliot
Marmaduke Johnson
Samuel Green
associatedWithColony Massachusetts Bay Colony
associatedWithDenomination Puritanism
associatedWithEthnicGroup Massachusett people
associatedWithRegion New England
basedOn Bible
surface form: Christian Bible
centuryOfCreation 17th century
containsTextOf New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
countryOfFirstPublication Colonial America
field Native American linguistics
missionary linguistics
genre Bible translation
religious literature
hasPart translated New Testament in Massachusett
translated Old Testament in Massachusett
historicalSignificance earliest full Bible in a Native North American language
first Bible printed in North America
impact contributed to documentation of the Massachusett language
important early work in Native American linguistics
influenced later Algonquian language studies
language Massachusett language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
medium paper
notableAs first complete Bible printed in North America
placeOfFirstPublication Cambridge, Massachusetts
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony
printer Marmaduke Johnson
Samuel Green
printingTechnique letterpress printing
purpose Christian missionary work among Native Americans
evangelization of Massachusett-speaking peoples
religion Christianity
religiousTradition Protestantism
script Latin alphabet
sponsor Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
surface form: Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England
title Eliot Indian Bible self-link
translator John Eliot

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Massachusett language notableText Eliot Indian Bible
Eliot Indian Bible title Eliot Indian Bible self-link
Eliot Indian Bible alsoKnownAs Eliot Indian Bible
this entity surface form: Indian Bible
Eliot Indian Bible alsoKnownAs Eliot Indian Bible
this entity surface form: Massachusett Indian Bible
Eliot orthography notableWorkWrittenIn Eliot Indian Bible