Geart Aeilco Wumkes or G.A. Wumkies (4 September 1869,

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West Frisian language West Frisian (; ), or simply Frisian ( ; ), is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland () in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisians, Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spoken of the Frisian ...

Bible

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, historian, and preacher of the

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Major work

His major work was the translation of the Bible into West Frisian, with the New Testament (West Frisian: ''Nije Testamint'') being published in 1933 and the Old Testament (West Frisian: ''Alde Testamint'') in 1943. The Old Testament was completed with the help of E. B. Folkertsma. The complete Bible (West Frisian: ''Bibel'') was published in 1943.

Other translations

In 1953 he translated

John Bunyan John Bunyan (; 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory ''The Pilgrim's Progress'', which also became an influential literary model. In addition to ''The Pilgrim' ...

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The Pilgrim's Progress ''The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come'' is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is commonly regarded as one of the most significant works of Protestant devotional literature and of wider early moder ...

'' into West Frisian: ''De Pylgerreize''.

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Wumkes.nl mei ûnder oaren de Stads- en Dorpskroniek (West Frisian)
Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians People from Skarsterlân Translators of the Bible into Frisian 1869 births 1954 deaths {{Netherlands-reli-bio-stub