| 词条 | Draft:Rudolf Leupoldt Stern |
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Rudolf Leupoldt Stern (June 15,1865 - March 12, 1923) was a Christian theologist and Bible translator. He was born in Gorakhpur, East India to Heinrich Wilhem Stern and Sophie Elisabeth. He studied theology and received ordination as a clergyman in Baselin 1888. He married Hanna Marie (nee Binder) in May 1, 1894 and the couple took up missionary work in Suriname (1894- 1897). Rudolf joined the Moravian Church, and then their missions efforts. He and Hanna Marie moved to East Africa from 1898-1908. He translated the New Testament into the Nyamwezi language, taking over the translation work that the London Missionary Society had started. [1] The dialect and orthography that Stern used in his translation differed somewhat from the 1897 book of Mark translation by Thomas Francis Shaw and Jacob Wainright of the London Missionary Society. [2] His family lived in various parts of what is now Tanzania, including Urambo in 1898, Kiwere in 1899: foundation of a new mission station, and Sikonge in 1906-08.[3] Due to his wife's illness, he, his wife, and their children left for Germany in June 1908, and they did not return to East Africa. Rudolf worked for the Moravian missions agency, as well as the German Protestant Church and In 1922, he began teaching theology at University of Königsberg. Rudolf died March 12th, 1923 in Schönbruch, East Prussia (currently Szczurowa, Poland). [4] References1. ^Richard Träger and Charlotte Träger-Große, Dienerblätter : Biographische Übersichten von Personen, dim im Dienst der Brüdergemeine standen, vol. Se – U (Herrnhut: Unitätsarchiv, n.d.). 2. ^Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in thelibrary of the British and Foreign Bible Society compiled by T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule. 1903-1911, Entries 7049-7051 3. ^ African locations recorded in footnotes of picture at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll123/id/36155/rec/3 4. ^Richard Träger and Charlotte Träger-Große, Dienerblätter : Biographische Übersichten von Personen, dim im Dienst der Brüdergemeine standen, vol. Se – U (Herrnhut: Unitätsarchiv, n.d.). |
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