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, 23:41, December 7, 2011→Mission of John Eliot: Quote on trans
On November 4 of the next month, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony voted "for the good of the Indians" to give the desired land, with Eliot being part of the commission which was to handle the matter. Asked by the Indians what to call their Christian village, Eliot recommended that it be called Nonantum, which in English signifies rejoicing, because “they hearing the word, and seeking to know God, the English did rejoice at it."
On November 4 of the next month, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony voted "for the good of the Indians" to give the desired land, with Eliot being part of the commission which was to handle the matter. Asked by the Indians what to call their Christian village, Eliot recommended that it be called Nonantum, which in English signifies rejoicing, because “they hearing the word, and seeking to know God, the English did rejoice at it."
In 1663 Eliot, with help from Christian Indians, completed the first Bible printed in America, a [[Bible]] written in the Massachusett-Natick Algonquian Indian language, which was a long and difficult task requiring much perseverance, as this language was completely oral.
In 1663 Eliot, with help from Christian Indians, completed the first Bible printed in America, a [[Bible]] written in the Massachusett-Natick Algonquian Indian language, which was a long and difficult task requiring much perseverance, as this language was completely oral. Martin Moore, in ''Memoirs of the life and character of Rev. John Eliot,'' stated,
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The enormous length of many of its words, the consequent slow communication of ideas, the harshness of their pronunciation, and its little affinity with the European tongues, would have discouraged any but a most determined student. "Our readers will stand aghast," says Mather, "at a few instances. The words ' our lusts' are expressed in Indian by a word of thirty two letters—Nummatchekodtantamoonganunnonash."
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Eliot had his translation printed at Harvard College by Christian Indians who were trained to read both languages and to set type. Entitled ''The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language,'' the translation of the New Testament took ten years and came off the press in 1663, with printing of the Old Testament following in in 1665, with and one thousand copies of the Algonquin Bible being distributed to the Indian people. Eliot also prepared grammars and primers in the Algonquian language.
Eliot had his translation printed at Harvard College by Christian Indians who were trained to read both languages and to set type. Entitled ''The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language,'' the translation of the New Testament took ten years and came off the press in 1663, with printing of the Old Testament following in in 1665, with and one thousand copies of the Algonquin Bible being distributed to the Indian people. Eliot also prepared grammars and primers in the Algonquian language.