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

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– 7 May 1954,

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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

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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 regarded as one of the most significant works of theological fiction in English literature and a progenitor of ...

'' 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