Elias Riggs: 12/7/2019

My. Elias Riggs
Turkey

C. H. M. disclaimer . *=Library, **=Online

*Book: My. Stories with the Millers (1993)   Mildred A. Martin   [pp. 125-129: A FORTRESS IN THE CHURCH.]

Armenian: Modern Western...
"1853 Bible ABS, Smyrna
Translated by an Armenian, with the help of mies. of the
ABCFM, primarily Elias Riggs.   The N.T. was the 1842 Adger re-
vised text.   Became the standard Western Armenian Bible; often re-
printed.   A revision was attempted in 1883, but only the Gospels were
published.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

Bulgarian...
"1866 New Testament BFBS, ABS, Constantinople
1871 Bible BFBS, Constantinople
Revised by Bulgarians named Slaviekoff and Michaeloffski, and

revised by E.[lias] Riggs and A. L. Long, American Methodist Episcopal
Mission.   A further revised Bible appeared in 1874.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
Mr. Costovich too per 1939.]

*File: Bulgarian E. Riggs N.T. (1867)   ABS, BFBS   [Info only: Mark 1:2 correct (prophets); Acts 8:37, 1 Timothy 3:16, & 1 John 5:7 all correct.]

Turkish...
"1866 Psalms (Greek character)
1869 Bible (Greek character)   BFBS, Istanbul
A revision of the BFBS text by Elias Riggs, ABCFM."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

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