matthew is the name of the first book of the new testament in the bible.
matthew is the name of the first book of the new testament in the bible.
what is the name of the first book of the new testament in the bible?
matthew
in 1837, the first portions of the bible in the zulu language were published; in the "first book for readers," portions of genesis and two psalms were published. the first book of the bible to be translated into the zulu language was matthew's gospel, published in 1848 by the american board of commissioners for foreign missions (abcfm). this was translated by george champion (missionary) and revised by newton adams. the completed new testament was published in 1865, translated by several missionaries of the abcfm. the complete bible, also translated by many members of the abcfm, corrected by andrew abraham, and finally edited by s. c. pixley, was published in 1883. it was revised in 1959 and published in london by the british and foreign bible society. a modern zulu new testament and the psalms was completed in 1986 and published in cape town by the bible society of south africa. this was translated by dean nils joëlson, and project co-ordinated by mr. d. t. maseko and mr. k. magubane. john william colenso and hans paludan smith schreuder are also said to have worked on the zulu bible translation.
bible translations into the languages of africa
the bishops' bible was first published in 1568, but was then re-issued in an extensively revised form in 1572. in the revision a number of switches were made to the new testament in the direction of more "ecclesiastical" language (e.g. introducing the term "charity" into i corinthians 13), but otherwise to bring the text more into line with that found in the geneva bible; and in the old testament, the psalms from the great bible were printed alongside those in the new translation, which had proved impossible to sing. from 1577 the new psalm translation was dropped altogether; while further incremental changes were made to the text of the new testament in subsequent editions. the bible had the authority of the royal warrant, and was the second version appointed to be read aloud in church services (cf. great bible, king james bible). it failed to displace the geneva bible as a domestic bible to be read at home, but that was not its intended purpose. the intention was for it to be used in church as what would today be termed a "pulpit bible". the version was more grandiloquent than the geneva bible. the first edition was exceptionally large and included 124 full-page illustrations. the second and subsequent editions were rather smaller, around the same size as the first printing of the king james bible, and mostly lacked illustrations other than frontispieces and maps. the text lacked most of the notes and cross-references in the geneva bible, which contained much controversial theology, but which were helpful to people among whom the bible was just beginning to circulate in the vernacular. the last edition of the complete bible was issued in 1602, but the new testament was reissued until at least 1617. william fulke published several parallel editions up to 1633, with the new testament of the bishops' bible alongside the rheims new testament, specifically to controvert the latter's polemical annotations. the bishops' bible or its new testament went through over 50 editions, whereas the geneva bible was reprinted more than 150 times.
bishops' bible