Gospel | The Algonquin Bible

The first bible to be printed in America was the Algonquin Bible by John Eliot. The Algonquin Bible was first published in 1663 in Cambridge, Mass. The Algonquin Bible was also the first bible printed in the western hemisphere. Until the later 1700’s English bibles could more cheaply be printed in England and imported to America than they could be printed in America. Many people are surprised to learn the first bible printed in America was not in English, French or German. The Algonquin Bible was printed in the Massachusetts Indian dialect – Algonquin. John Eliot emigrated to The New World (America) in 1631 and arrived at Massachusetts Bay Colony which was founded by the Puritans. Part of the initial goal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was to evangelize the native Americans. John Eliot, a New England Puritan pastor, needed a bible for his mission to bring the

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” style=”padding-right: 13px; background: url(http://hdgospel.com/wp-content/plugins/powerautoblog/images/external.png) center right no-repeat;” title=”gospel.” target=”_blank” rel=”external”>gospel to the native Americans. The bible he needed was not available anywhere. He had to produce the bible he needed so he produced the Algonquin Bible. John Eliot had gained the confidence of the native Americans. He agreed to learn their language and they agreed to learn the phonetic alphabet used by the western world. John Eliot was then able to produce the Algonquin Bible by translating the bible into the Algonquin language. The result was the Algonquin Bible in the native American tongue. Prior to the creation of the Algonquin Bible the Indians had communicated almost exclusively by talking and occasionally using drawings. Until John Eliot produced the Algonquin Bible the native Americans did not have a written language. The Algonquin Bible not only brought the

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