Jozef Roháček Explained

Jozef Roháček
Birth Date:6 February 1877
Birth Place:Stará Turá, na Jazvinách, u Dornákov,Austro-Hungarian Empire, (present-day Slovakia)
Known For:The first translation of Bible from original languages into Slovak
Citizenship:Austro-Hungarian Empire, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia
Occupation:Lutheran priest, missionary, writer, editor
Spouse:Ružena Vraná from Tisovec
Children:Ivan Vladimír Roháček, Viera Roháčková, Miloš Roháček
Death Place:Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, (present-day Slovakia)

Jozef Roháček (6 February 1877 – 28 July 1962) was a Slovak Protestant activist, evangelist and scholar.

He translated the Bible from original languages into Slovak. The first edition of the complete Lutheran Slovak Bible was edited by British and Foreign Bible Society in 1936. The revised edition was printed in Kutná Hora (Czech Republic) in 1951.[1]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holéczy , Daniel E. . Životopisy – Kristína Royová, Jozef Roháček, Ružena Vraná, Viera Roháčková. 1991. Cicero. 42. Slovak.