Samoan Bible History (1) Useful Resources
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Samoan...
"Samoa, formerly called the Navigator Group, is composed of 10
principal inhabited islands and a number of islets. It is politically
divided into the independant state of Western Samoa (114,000
inhabitants) and American Samoa (22,000 inhabitants). About
half the population still speaks Samoan, a Polynesian tongue."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only]**File: Samoan Bible History (3)--1860 S. Bagster [Info only]
"1836 Matthew London MS, Huahine
1841 John 1842 Mark Luke
1843-1846 Acts-Revelation (in parts) 1847 Psalms
1849 New Testament (revised) 1851 Pentateuch
1854 Joshua-Esther 1855 Job Proverbs- Malachi LMS,
Samoa
1862 Bible BFBS, London
Translated by mies. of the LMS, including George Platt,
Samuel Wilson, T. Heath, C. Hardie, W. Mills, A. Macdonald,
A. W. Murray, and G. Barnden."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only]SAMOAN--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only: Roman characters "1868" John 3:2b-3:18a {unknown @ 3:2a}.]
"1872 Bible BFBS, London
Revised by G. Pratt and A. W. Murray. Another revision appeared
in 1884."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only]SAMOAN--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only: "1948" Mark 1:2 correct (le au perofeta = the prophets).]
"The Samoan New Testament was translated in the mid-1800s
by mies. from the London My. Society. The
translation was done from the Textus Receptus and was first
published by the British and Foreign Bible Society."--Phil Stringer [Info only]
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