Philip Moore (1705 - 1783) was a Manx clergyman and scholar who a central figure in the

translation of the Bible The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. all of the Bible has been translated into 724 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,617 languages, and ...

in to the

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. He was born in 1705 to Robert Moore and his wife Catherine Kelly. He attended the Grammar School in

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, which was founded by Bishop Thomas Wilson. He was ordained 1739. He died in 1783 and was buried in Kirk Braddan churchyard. Moore contributed a large share of the translation of the Bible into the Manx language. He translated part of the Book of Psalms and Acts. Moore also revised the translation of the Old Testament, as well as the second edition of the New Testament. Although many of the translators of the Manx Bible did not know Latin not Greek, it is probable that Moore did.

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{{Reflist Manx writers Bible translators People from Douglas, Isle of Man 1705 births 1783 deaths 18th-century translators