The Acts of the Apostles, Translated into the Arrawack Tongue
The Acts of the Apostles, Translated into the Arrawack Tongue
BIB.003927
Bible - Printed Book
1850
United States
Arrawak
Printed on Paper
6.1 × 4.1 × 0.4 in. (15.5 × 10.5 × 1 cm)
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This copy of the book of Acts was translated into Arrawack (or Arawak), also known as Lokono, by Theodore Schultz, a Moravian missionary who worked among the indigenous peoples of modern Guyana and Suriname at the turn of the nineteenth century. While Schultz translated the entire New Testament, the American Bible Society only published the book of Acts, in 1850. Today, Arawak is spoken by approximately 10,000 people. This copy belonged to Harriet Corning Turner, first wife of John V. L. Pruyn, a lawyer, politician, and businessman from New York.
Printed in 1850 by the American Bible Society, New York City, New York. Acquired before 1859 by Harriet Corning Turner, private collector, New York.[1] Acquired before 2016 by Dr. Andrew Stimer, private collector, Camarillo, California; Purchased in 2016 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2017 to National Christian Foundation (later The Signatry), under the curatorial care of Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] Harriet Corning Turner’s bookplate is located on the front pastedown. Following Turner’s death in 1859, John V. L. Pruyn married Anna Fen Parker.
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