The first Bible printed in the New World - and the pastor who learned a native tongue to make it possible
DIMAURO: The Eliot Bible is a Bible of firsts.
Damon DiMauro is a language professor at Gordon College. He spoke with associate correspondent Anne Burgdorf and says the Eliot Bible is one of the first translations completed by a non-native speaker, done for a language with no prior writing system.
DIMAURO: Eliot claims to have discovered new ways of grammar, namely, new possibilities for organizing language and thinking grammatically.
John Eliot is the translator of the Eliot Bible. He was a Puritan minister remembered as the “Apostle to the Indians.”
DIMAURO: He believed in education and that's why, you know, he believed in literacy, not just translating the Bible, but teaching people to read, and he put together primers, catechisms, and other grammars.
Damon DiMauro is a language professor at Gordon College. He spoke with associate correspondent Anne Burgdorf and says the Eliot Bible is one of the first translations completed by a non-native speaker, done for a language with no prior writing system.
DIMAURO: Eliot claims to have discovered new ways of grammar, namely, new possibilities for organizing language and thinking grammatically.
John Eliot is the translator of the Eliot Bible. He was a Puritan minister remembered as the “Apostle to the Indians.”
DIMAURO: He believed in education and that's why, you know, he believed in literacy, not just translating the Bible, but teaching people to read, and he put together primers, catechisms, and other grammars.
