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(Redirected from Bucharest Bible of 1688) Romanian language Bible

Caption showing pages 446-447 of the book, specifically the Book of Proverbs 27:14 - 30:33

The Bucharest Bible (Romanian: Biblia de la București), also known as the Cantacuzino Bible, was the first complete translation of the Bible into the Romanian language, published in Bucharest in 1688. It was ordered and patronized by Șerban Cantacuzino, then-ruler of Wallachia, and overseen by logothete Constantin Brâncoveanu.

See also

Bible translations into Romanian

References

^ Leşcu, Christine (22 July 2017). "The First Romanian Translation of the Old Testament". Radio Romania International. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
Deletant, Dennis (1982). "Rumanian Presses and Printing in the Seventeenth Century: I". The Slavonic and East European Review. 60 (4): 481–499. ISSN 0037-6795.

Further reading

Constantin C. Giurescu, Istoria Bucureștilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre, Editura pentru Literatură, Bucharest, 1966

External links

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