Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Religious high school graduate translated Bible into Kurdish

"After working as a muezzin, changing his religion and becoming a Christian, vocational religious high school graduate Resul Yıldırım has now published a translation of the Bible into Kurdish.

Resul YIldIrIm first became a muezzin after graduating from a vocational religious high school. In 1987, he went to Germany and became Christian. Later, he made an agreement with a publishing house to publish the Bible in Kurdish which he translated himself over 14 years.

The Kurdish Bible is being sold for 3 YTL and has become quite popular in the Southern East of Turkey. The publishing house is refusing to reveal the financial source of the Bibles which is being distributed for 3YTL. It has been stated that YIldIrIm plans to also publish translations of the Book of Psalms and the Torah."

SABAH Newspaper English Edition - National - Religious high school graduate translated Bible into Kurdish

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