Included Finnish Biblia [FinnishB] [Deluxe] Finnish Biblia 1776

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Finnish Biblia [FinnishB] - Finnish Biblia 1776

The first Finnish New Testament was completed 1548 by the Finnish bishop and scholar Mikael Agricola (1510-1557). Mikael Agricola also translated several books of the Old Testament, such that a quarter of the work was complete when he died in 1557.

Many years passed before Finns could read the Bible in its entirety in their own mother tongue. In 1638 the government set up a new committee headed by Bishop Eskil Petraeus (1593-1657) to translate the Bible; Which was printed in 1642. According...

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