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Ko te Paipera Tapu, ara Ko te Kawenata Tawhito me te Kawenata Hou

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Bible. Maori. 1868 (Uniform Title)

  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    EMI0647 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    45628 (Cat ID)

    98122 (DBTextworks system ID)

    39580 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Ko te Paipera Tapu, ara Ko te Kawenata Tawhito me te Kawenata Hou
  • Other Name

    Bible. Maori. 1868 (Uniform Title)

  • Primary Maker

    William Watts

    British and Foreign Bible Society

    William Williams

    Elizabeth Colenso

    George Selwyn

    Robert Maunsell

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Hemea ta ki te Perehi a W. M. Watts, ma te Komiti ta Paipera mo Ingarangi mo te Ao Katoa
  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Date
    1868
  • Physical Description

    [4], 1199, [3] pages ; 22 cm.

  • Language
    Te Reo Māori
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    3 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Bible. Maori/Library of Congress subject headings

  • Provenance Details
    Maria Willis estate (31010)
    Mr A.C. B. Smithson (14009)
    Mr W. Nicols - Silverdale(31020)
    Mr A.C.B. Smithson (46747)
  • Public Access Text

    The Holy Bible in Maori. The first complete Maori Bible, including the first complete Old Testament published, a long-delayed revision tht the CMS had asked for in 1862. It is based on Maunsell's translation of the Old Testament and William William's vesion of the New Testament, revised in England by Elizabeth Colenso, George Maunsell and Bishop Selwyn.

    --BiM 716 Spine title: Paipera Tapu Ko te Kawenata Hou a to tatou Ariki a te Kai Whakaora a Ihu Karaiti: He mea whakamaori mai no te reo Kariki. New Testament has separate t.p. Indexed in: Bagnall 486 ; Williams 434 ; BiM 716 [Fragile]

  • Subject Notes
    For a comparison of this "classical' edition and the 1889 revision see P. Lineham 'Tampering with the sacred text' in "A book in the hands", eds P. Griffith, P. Hughes and A. Loney (Auckland, 2000), p. 29-45.
  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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