Ewe Bible History (1)

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**List: Ewe Ministry

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Ewe...
"Ewe is spoken by about 1 million people in Ghana (approxi-
mately 875,000 speakers from Hohoe to the coast), and in south-
central Togo and Dahomey.   A Kwa language, Ewe is closely
related to the Mina, , Fon, and Awuna tongues, which some
consider Kwa dialects."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "First
    publication, Epistles of John and Revelation in 1858 by the translator;
    tr. by B. Schlegel of the Bremen My. Society.   New Testa-
    ment, Bremen, 1877; tr. by Mr. Schlegel, J. Binder, and J. Merz.
    "
    - -1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

"1858 Hebrews   1- 3 John   Revelation   1861 Gospels
1867 Acts   1870 Genesis   1871 Psalms
1874 Gospels (revised)   Bremen BS, Stuttgart
1875-1877 Romans-Revelaton (2 parts)   BFBS, North
German MS, Bremen
1875 Joshua-2 Samuel   1877 Exodus   C. Hilgerloh,
Bremen
1877 New Testament North German MS, Bremen
1878 1, 2 Kings BFBS, Bremen

1889 Isaiah   Jeremiah   J. Frese, Bremen
Translated by J. Merz, J. Binder, J. B. Schlegel, and H. Weyhe,
Bremen MS.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1898 New Testament C. Scheufels, Stuttgart
Revised by J. Spieth and G. Däuble."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "Bible, Bremen My. Society, 1913 (BFBS, 1915).   A revised
    version in new orthography: New Testament, BFBS,
    (Dingelsdorf, Baden,
    Germany printed
    ), 1930; Bible, 1931.   CP: BFBS."
    -- 1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

EWE--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: "1931" John 3:2b-17a, 18b-32a unknown.]

"1913 Bible BFBS, Baden
The completed O.T. and further revised N.T., prepared by mies.
of the Bremen MS.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1929 New Testament   1930 New Testament   Psalms
1931 Bible   BFBS, London
A revision with orthographic changes, prepared by D. Westermann."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

EWE--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: "1953" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Yesaya = Isaiah).]

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