The Holy Bible Belonging to Elisabeth Elliot
The Holy Bible Belonging to Elisabeth Elliot
BIB.005081
Bible - Printed Book
ca. 1949
United States
English
Printed on Paper
4.8 × 3.1 × 0.7 in. (12.1 × 7.8 × 1.9 cm)
Not on View
This Bible belonged to Christian author and speaker Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015), who was a missionary to the Waodäni people of Ecuador in the 1950s with her husband, Jim Elliot. Elisabeth chose to stay and live with the tribe after a Waodäni hunting party killed Jim and four other missionaries in 1956. She returned to the United States in 1963. The Bible was gifted to her shortly after Jim’s death in 1956 by the family of Arthur Schmidt. An inscription on the front flyleaf reads, “Be assured we’re praying for you, Betty. The Arthur Schmidts” with references for 1 Corinthians 16:9 and Philippians 1:6.
Created in 1949 by Oxford University Press, London, England. Acquired by Arthur Schmidt; Gifted ca. 1956 to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015);[1] Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] An inscription on the front flyleaf reads, “Be assured we’re praying for you, Betty. The Arthur Schmidts.”
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