Bible translations into Bengali

Serampore Missionary Press
First Bengali New Testament

Nathaniel B. Halhead of the East India Company published a Bengali grammar for British officials in 1776.[1] William Carey of Serampore translated the Bible into the Bengali language and published it in 1793 and 1801.[2][3] The high language Bengali translation in use in Bangladesh is derived from Carey's version, while "common language" versions are newer translations.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Representing India: literatures, politics, and identities Mukesh Williams, Rohit Wanchoo - 2008 "Nathaniel B. Halhead published the Bengali Grammar in 1776 to aid British officers of the East India Company to converse with the local Bengali population. British orientalist William Carey (1761-1834), who was a professor of Sanskrit ..."
  2. ↑ Sisir Kumar Das Early Bengali prose, Carey to Vidyāsāgar 1966 "Nevertheless the translation of the Bible into Bengali was an important event in the history of Bengali prose. Carey's Bible became the parent of a specialised and restricted type of the language which may be called Christian Bengali."
  3. ↑ Alexander P. Varghese India : History, Religion, Vision And Contribution To The World Page 662 2008 "William Carey, a Baptist evangelist who settled down in Serampore, translated the Bible into Bengali and published it in 1793. Later, Carey and his associates translated the Bible into thirty Indian languages."
  4. ↑ In search of Jesus: insider and outsider images - Page 56 Clinton Bennett - 2001 "Similarly, in Bangladesh, the high Bengali translation derived from the efforts of the pioneer Baptist missionary, William Carey, remains for most Bangladeshi Christians the Bible, and more modern, 'common language' translations are looked on with suspicion."

Versions

* Pobitro Baibel The Bible in Bengali (Holy Bible) (SBCL) : Copyright Bible Society of Bangladesh 2001  Formerly called Re-edit Cary Version.  Text version Audio of New Testament (Select Bengali, then Re-edit Bangla Version) Mobile Apps
* Kitabul Kukkadas (MCBI) : Copyright Bible Society of Bangladesh 1980 Audio (Select Bengali, then Mussalmani Version) Android
* Easy to Read Version (ERV) : Copyright WBTC India 2006 Audio (Select Bengali, then Easy-to-Read Version) Mobile Apps
* Common Language translation of the Bengali Bible : Copyright The Bible Society of India 1999
* The Holy Bible in Bengali : containing the Old and New Testaments  Calcutta : Published by the British and Foreign Bible Society (Calcutta Auxiliary) 1909: In Public Domain
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