Anton thor Helle ( in
Tallinn
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Jüri
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; also ''Anton Thorhelle'', ''Anton torHelle'', ''Anton thorHelle'' or ''Anthonij Torhelle''
[) was the translator of the first Bible in Estonian in 1739, and the first Estonian grammar. The New Testament was a North Estonian revision of the 1648 version by ]Johannes Gutslaff
Johann(es) Gutslaff (died 1657 in Tallinn) was a Baltic-German clergyman, scholar, Estonian language enthusiast, Bible translator, and folklore collector.
He studied at Greifswald University (1632) and at Leipzig University (1634).
In 1639 he ...
(d.1657) author of ''Observationes Grammaticae circa linguam Esthonicam'', and Helle's version was revised many times, including by C. Malm in 1896.[Theologische Realenzyklopädie: 6 p295 Horst Robert Balz, Gerhard Krause, Gerhard Müller - 1980 "Anton Thor Helle u.a. übersetzt worden war, in Tallinn. Das Neue Testament war eine nordestnische Neubearbeitung der Übersetzung von Gutslaff. Diese Bibel wurde mehrfach revidiert, zuletzt 1896 durch C. Malm, St. Petersburg"]
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Translators of the Bible into Estonian
1683 births
1743 deaths
Estonian language
Linguists from Estonia
People from Tallinn
18th-century Estonian people
18th-century translators
18th-century linguists
Estonian male writers
Writers from Tallinn
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