Bucharest Bible Explained

The Bucharest Bible (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: 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, and overseen by logothete Constantin Brâncoveanu.

See also

• Bible translations into Romanian

Further reading

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

Notes and References

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