1852 Ottoman Turkish Portions (OTAT52)

Overview

This is an 1852 Ottoman Turkish translation containing Genesis and Psalms (in five parts). The Osmanlica Kelam project documents a "1852 Genesis & Psalms" title page among the catalog of Ottoman Turkish Bible editions. [1] Beginning in 1852, revisions were made to the 1827 Kieffer Bible, again in Arabic orthography and intended for Muslim readers. [2] The 1827 edition itself was a revision by Prof. J.D. Kieffer of the manuscript originally translated by Wojciech Bobowski (Ali Bey) in the 1660s. [3] This 1852 Genesis and Psalms publication thus sits within the broader tradition of Ottoman Turkish scripture production that spanned from the 17th through the 19th century. The text is in the public domain.

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