FarOPV
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Historical background to the Farsi Old Persian Version of the Bible
Henry Martyn's translation of the NT was published at Petropoli in 1815, with the Latin title,
- Novum Testamentum ... e Græca in Persicam linguam a viro reverendo Henrico Martyno translatum, etc.
The following year 1816 it was published at Calcutta, with the English title,
- The New Testament ...translated from the original Greek into Persian ... by Henry Martyn, with the assistance of Meerza Sueyid Ulee, of Sheeraz.
The OT was translated by a Scotsman called William Glen and published in 1845.
Together with Henry Martyn's NT, this was edited by Duncan Forbes, and published in 1856, with the Western Farsi title,
- Kitab al-muqaddas ... [Bible translated into Persian]
Republished 1876 by the British & Foreign Bible Society.
Robert Bruce's revision was published in 1895. It is this that became known as the Farsi OPV (Old Persian Version).
