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Beck, Johann, 1706-1777.

Die lezte Mensch-Sohns-Tage d.i. Unsers Schöpfers und Heilandes Jesu Christi, da Er als Mensch auf Erden wandelte, lezte Reden und Geschichte.

Utrecht: Peter Muntendam, [1759]

Physical Description: 8, [8], 90, [2] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Call number: JA759/ B393l

Accession number: 63-101

Notes: Extracts of narratives from the New Testament translated from the German and adaptation in the (Inuit?) language of Greenland Eskimos. Prefaces in German and Inuit (?); main text (p. [1]-90) entirely in Inuit (?). P. [1], second count: Kingurleet innub niarnaet udloe imaipok Pingortitsirsivta annaursirsivtalo Jesub Kristub kingurleet okause sullirseilo Innuktuk Mattoma Nunane Sakkigame. Very likely published together with Moravian Church. Liturgy. Illeit Tuksiautit tuksiotillo errinnaglit errinnakangitsullo Attuaegekset illaegeenut Karalit nunaennétunnut, Utrecht, 1759, with which JCB copy of this book is bound.

Digital facsimile copy of book available.

Languages: Inuit-Inupiaq

Genre: Bible selections

Region: Arctic