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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eliot Indian Bible canonical 3
Indian Bible 1
Massachusett Indian Bible 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-language text ⓘ
Bible translation ⓘ
Christian Bible ⓘ
Massachusett-language text ⓘ
printed book ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Eliot Indian Bible

Massachusett Indian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Eliot Indian Bible
approximateCompletionTime 1660s ⓘ
associatedPerson John Eliot ⓘ
Marmaduke Johnson ⓘ
Samuel Green ⓘ
associatedWithColony Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
associatedWithDenomination Puritanism ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Massachusett people ⓘ
associatedWithRegion New England ⓘ
basedOn Christian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
centuryOfCreation 17th century ⓘ
containsTextOf New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
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 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 New England ⓘ
title Eliot Indian Bible ⓘ
translator John Eliot ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusett language → notableText → Eliot Indian Bible ⓘ
Eliot Indian Bible → title → Eliot Indian Bible ⓘ
Eliot Indian Bible → alsoKnownAs → Indian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Eliot Indian Bible
Eliot Indian Bible → alsoKnownAs → Massachusett Indian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Eliot Indian Bible
Eliot orthography → notableWorkWrittenIn → Eliot Indian Bible ⓘ