Maya Bible History (1)

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**List: Maya Ministry

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Maya...
"About 300,000 Indians in Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico,
call themselves and their language ‘Maya’.   A civilization whose
history begins as early as 1500 B.C., the Mayas developed a
culture whose early achievements include hieroglyphic writing,
a calendar, and refinements in art and architecture.   There were
an estimated 14 million Mayas in the 8th century, more than four
times the number of Mayan-stock Indians now living in southern
Mexico and Guatemala.   The Mayan languages of Mexico in-
clude: Chol, Chontal, Huasteco, Tojolabal, Tzeltal, Tzotzil,
and the present-day Maya.   The Indians of Guatemala speak
Mayan tongues almost exclusively.   These include Achi, Agua-
cateco
, Cakchiquel, Chuj, Conob, Ixil, Jacalteco, Kekchi, Mam,
Pocomchi, Quiché, Tzutujil, and Maya-Mopan."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

**File: Maya Bible History (3)--1860   S. Bagster   [Info only]

       "First pub-
    lication, St. Luke’s Gospel, chapters 5, 11, 15 and 23, in 1862 by the
    BFBS; tr. by an unknown translator.   St. Luke’s Gospel, 1865.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: ?]

"1865 Luke BFBS
Probably translated by Fr. Joaquin Ruz.   (Selections from Luke were
published in 1862, BFBS, London.
)"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
Fr. J. Ruz?]

"1865 Luke Bible Translation Society, London?
Translated by E. Henderson, BMS."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "St.
    John’s Gospel, 1868; tr. by Richard Fletcher, of the Wesleyan My.
    Society;
    St. Matthew’s Gospel and St. Mark’s Gospel, 1900.   St. Luke’s
    Gospel, Bible Translation Society, London
    (?), 1865; tr. by E. Hender-
    son, Baptist My. Society.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

MAYA--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: n.d. John 3:16 unknown.]

"1868 John (tentative)   1869 John   1900 Matthew   Mark
BFBS

Translated by Richard Fletcher, Wesleyan MS."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

Diglot with Spanish
"1946 John   1947 Mark   1951 Galatians-Philippians
1954 Romans   1955 Hebrews   1958 Acts
1961 [n]ew [t]estament   ABS, Mexico
Translated by David B. Legters, Pioneer Mission Agency, Moisés
Romero, Edesio S. Sánchez, Ernest Mathews, and German Celis.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1961" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Isaias le aj-bobat = Isaiah the prophet).]

Maya-Mopan...
"The Mopan Mayas, about 4,000 Indians of Mayan descent, live
in northeastern Guatemala and in British Honduras.   Their
language is a Mayan dialect."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1965 [m]ark (with Spanish)   SB en Guatemala
Translated by Matthew Ulrich, WBT."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1965" (Recomposed) Mark 1:2 incorrect (Isaias = Isaiah).   WBT uses W&H / CT.]

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