1877 Ottoman Turkish Portions (OTAS77)

Overview

This 1877 edition contains Pentateuch portions (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy) in Ottoman Turkish. The publication date coincides with the final stages of the joint BFBS-ABS revision committee's work on the Ottoman Turkish Bible [1][2]. The committee, which included William Schauffler, Elias Riggs, R. H. Weakley, and G. F. Herrick, began its comprehensive revision in June 1873 [1]. The committee's New Testament was printed in Constantinople in 1877, with the Old Testament completed by December 1878, producing the standard Kitab-i Mukaddes edition [1][2]. These Pentateuch portions likely represent either a product of the committee's work issued as the Old Testament revision progressed, or a late edition of Schauffler's independent translation which had been completed by 1873 [1].

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