Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma

Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma (13 November 1893, Ferwert – 1 January 1968, Franeker) was a Frisian language writer and a Protestant skilled as a translator. He worked with Geart Aeilco Wumkes in translating the Old Testament (Frisian:Alde Testamint) in 1943.

The major work was carried out by Wumkes with the translation of the Bible in Frisian with the New Testament (Frisian: Nije Testamint) published in 1933 and the Old Testament (Frisian: Alde Testamint) in 1943. The complete Bible was published in 1943 (Frisian: Bibel).

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