Bucharest Bible

The Bucharest Bible (Romanian: Biblia de la București), also known as the Cantacuzino Bible, was the first complete translation of the Bible into the Romanian language, published in Bucharest in 1688.[1][2] It was ordered and patronized by Șerban Cantacuzino, then-ruler of Wallachia,[1] and overseen by logothete Constantin Brâncoveanu.

See also

References

  1. Leşcu, Christine (22 July 2017). "The First Romanian Translation of the Old Testament". Radio Romania International. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  2. Deletant, Dennis (1982). "Rumanian Presses and Printing in the Seventeenth Century: I". The Slavonic and East European Review. 60 (4): 481–499. ISSN 0037-6795.

Further reading

  • Constantin C. Giurescu, Istoria Bucureștilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre, Editura pentru Literatură, Bucharest, 1966
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