The two *Armenian Bible* modules we have are both somewhat dated. Western Armenian was spoken mostly by those living under Ottoman rule. Today it's only spoken by some older members of the Amrmenian diaspora.
Eastern Armenian has changed significantly since the 19th century, so although this was the language spoken within Armenia itself, the old translation is no longer as comprehensible for today's generation. The good news is that http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/ Trinitarian Bible Society has already published (in 2010) an up-to-date and more accurate Armenian NT which has been well-received. Plus they are working towards the publication of the complete Armenian Bible including the OT during 2012. TBS is working closely with http://www.armenianministries.org.uk/ Armenian Ministries on this translation project. The next issue of the *Quarterly Record* (QR597 for Oct-Dec 2011) will include a detailed article on the Armenian Bible project. I've already seen the text kindly provided as a preview. I've established good personal contacts with TBS, and would ask you to pray that this will eventually lead to several collaborative projects to support their the electronic publishing of their translations. To learn more about the Republic of Armenia, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia To learn more about the language, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_language David Haslam Go Bible project leader CrossWire Bible Society -- View this message in context: http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/The-Armenian-Bible-project-tp3847503p3847503.html Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
