Frisian Wumkes Bible 1943 - Fryske Wumkes Bibel
Wumkes Bibel (1943)
Info on the language: Frisian
North Sea Germanic language
Frisian forms together with English and Scottish Lowlands the North Sea Germanic group. This is a separate branch of the West Germanic language family (Dutch, Low German, German, Jiddish and African). Approx. 500.000 native speakers, mostly in the north of the
This Bible was translated into Frisian by Dr. Wumkes. He watched very closely at the Dutch Statenvertaling 1637 Bible and the English King James 1611. The New Testament was printed first in 1933. The complete Bible came out in 1943. As an act of resistance against the German occupier the whole first edition was sold out in one day.
Over 40.000 copies were printed till in the 1960’s. Then Frisian churches decided that it was time to replace the Wumkes translation by a very corrupted, ecumenical bible in 1978.