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This is the revised and updated version of João Ferreira Almeida. If you liked the app, leave your comments and note. The application will be constantly updated, so send your suggestion to summtech.dev@gmail.com
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About Almeida:
The translation made by João Ferreira de Almeida is considered a landmark in the history of the Bible in Portuguese because it was the first translation of the New Testament from the original languages. Previously it is assumed that there were versions of the Pentateuch translated from Hebrew. According to these records, in 1642, at the age of 14, João Ferreira de Almeida would have left Portugal to live in Malaca (Malaysia). He had joined Protestantism, coming from Catholicism, and was moving with the aim of working at the local Dutch Reformed Church.
He already knew the Vulgate, since his uncle was a priest. After converting to Protestantism at the age of 14, Almeida left for Batavia. At the age of 16 he translated a summary of the Gospels from Spanish into Portuguese, which was never published. In Malacca he also translated parts of the New Testament from Spanish.
At 17, he translated the New Testament from Latin, from Theodore Beza's version, in addition to relying on the Italian, French and Spanish versions.
At 35, he started translating from works written in the original language, although it is a mystery how he learned these languages. It used the Masoretic Text for the Old Testament as a basis and a 1633 edition (by the Elzevir brothers) of the Textus Receptus. He also used translations from the period, such as the Castilian Reina-Valera. The New Testament translation was completed in 1676.
The text was sent to the Netherlands for review. The review process lasted 5 years, being published in 1681, after more than a thousand modifications were made [citation needed]. The reason is that the Dutch reviewers wanted to harmonize the translation with the Dutch version published in 1637. The East India Company ordered that defective copies be collected and destroyed. Those who were saved were corrected and used in Protestant churches in the East, one of which is on display in the British Museum.
Almeida himself revised the text for ten years, being published after his death in 1693. While revising, he also worked on the Old Testament. The Pentateuch was completed in 1683. There is a translation of the Psalms that was published in 1695, attached to the Book of Common Prayer, anonymous, but attributed to Almeida. Almeida managed to translate until Ezekiel 48:12 in 1691, the year of his death, with Jacobus op den Akker completing the translation in 1694.
The complete translation, after many revisions, was published in two volumes, one 1748, revised by Den Akker himself and Christopher Theodosius Walther, and another in 1753. In 1819, the British and Foreign Bible Society publishes a 3rd edition of the complete Bible, in one volume.
There are also editions printed in the Danish colony of Tranquebar, dating from 1719 to 1765. They are partial editions of the Bible, which were obtained as the reviewers finished their work.
To go to the Harp index, click on the application menu and select 'Harp'.
This is the revised and updated version of João Ferreira Almeida. If you liked the app, leave your comments and note. The application will be constantly updated, so send your suggestion to summtech.dev@gmail.com
Resources:
- Emphasize verses
- Record personal notes
- Favorite
- Chapter search
- Search in all books
- Sharing the verse
- Chapter sharing
- Sound of Harp songs
- Soon more ...
About Almeida:
The translation made by João Ferreira de Almeida is considered a landmark in the history of the Bible in Portuguese because it was the first translation of the New Testament from the original languages. Previously it is assumed that there were versions of the Pentateuch translated from Hebrew. According to these records, in 1642, at the age of 14, João Ferreira de Almeida would have left Portugal to live in Malaca (Malaysia). He had joined Protestantism, coming from Catholicism, and was moving with the aim of working at the local Dutch Reformed Church.
He already knew the Vulgate, since his uncle was a priest. After converting to Protestantism at the age of 14, Almeida left for Batavia. At the age of 16 he translated a summary of the Gospels from Spanish into Portuguese, which was never published. In Malacca he also translated parts of the New Testament from Spanish.
At 17, he translated the New Testament from Latin, from Theodore Beza's version, in addition to relying on the Italian, French and Spanish versions.
At 35, he started translating from works written in the original language, although it is a mystery how he learned these languages. It used the Masoretic Text for the Old Testament as a basis and a 1633 edition (by the Elzevir brothers) of the Textus Receptus. He also used translations from the period, such as the Castilian Reina-Valera. The New Testament translation was completed in 1676.
The text was sent to the Netherlands for review. The review process lasted 5 years, being published in 1681, after more than a thousand modifications were made [citation needed]. The reason is that the Dutch reviewers wanted to harmonize the translation with the Dutch version published in 1637. The East India Company ordered that defective copies be collected and destroyed. Those who were saved were corrected and used in Protestant churches in the East, one of which is on display in the British Museum.
Almeida himself revised the text for ten years, being published after his death in 1693. While revising, he also worked on the Old Testament. The Pentateuch was completed in 1683. There is a translation of the Psalms that was published in 1695, attached to the Book of Common Prayer, anonymous, but attributed to Almeida. Almeida managed to translate until Ezekiel 48:12 in 1691, the year of his death, with Jacobus op den Akker completing the translation in 1694.
The complete translation, after many revisions, was published in two volumes, one 1748, revised by Den Akker himself and Christopher Theodosius Walther, and another in 1753. In 1819, the British and Foreign Bible Society publishes a 3rd edition of the complete Bible, in one volume.
There are also editions printed in the Danish colony of Tranquebar, dating from 1719 to 1765. They are partial editions of the Bible, which were obtained as the reviewers finished their work.
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