The Bible in the Eskimo Language

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 11, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 24.

The Bible in the Eskimo Language

The Eskimos now have their own translation of the Word, which the Bible Society of Denmark has the honor of publishing. It took 150 years to complete the task. The Norwegian pastor, Hans Egede, who went as a missionary to Greenland in 1721, began the work; and his son, Paul, finished the translation of several books. Danish and Moravian missionaries, during the last century added book after book, until now the 10,000 Eskimos, who are all members of the Danish State Church, have the entire Bible in their mother tongue.—Missionary Review.