John Eliot Bible

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Identifier: Brillante 1
Title: John Eliot Bible
Description: The First Edition John Eliot bible was the first bible to be printed in English North America, published in 1663 in Cambridge, MA. The Bible was translated into Algonquin, and was said to be used as a tool for educating and converting the Native Americans. However, prior to the publishing of this bible there was no written Algonquin alphabet. The printing of this Bible is significant because it helps to illustrate one of the key motivations for colonizing New England — converting Indigenous peoples to Christianity. The printing of this bible in Algonquin was not only used as a tool for education, but it was also used as a means to demonstrate the progress that has been made in the efforts to convert Indigenous people. This shows how important the idea of religious conversion was at the time and how important it was that this progress be tangible in some way. Regardless of effectiveness the printing of the John Eliot bible depicts the motivations for further colonization. (Brillante)
Creator: John Eliot
Date Created: 1663
Publisher: Samuel Green
Bibliographic Citation: Eliot, John ; Cotton. Mamusse wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God naneeswe Nukkone Testament kah wonk Wusku Testament. Cambridge [Mass.]: Printeuoop nashpe Samuel Green., 1685.; https://search.library.dartmouth.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=newsbankaas03004376&context=PC&vid=01DCL_INST:01DCL&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=All&query=any,contains,John%20Eliot.%20Mamusse%20wunneetupanatamwe%20Up-Biblum%20God%20naneeswe%20Nukkone%20Testament%20kah%20wonk%20Wusku%20Testament.%20Cambridge,%20MA:%20Samuel%20Green,%201661-1663.%20Rare%20BS345.A2%20E4%201663&offset=0

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