Christian Gottlob Barth

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Christian Gottlob Barth (Stuttgart, 31 July 1799 – Calw, 12 November 1862) was a German pastor who is best remembered for his Zweymal zwey und fünfzig biblische Geschichten für Schulen und Familien (Twice fifty-two Biblical Stories for Schools and Families), a children's Bible, translated into English as "Bible Stories" and then into various Indian languages.^[1]

References

↑ An Indian to the Indians?: on the initial failure and the ... Kittel - Page 235 Reinhard Wendt - 2006 "Barth's little Bible Stories were widely used in the mission's schools, as can be read, for example, .."

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Name	Barth, Christian Gottlob
Alternative names
Short description	Writer of children's bible stories
Date of birth	31 July 1799
Place of birth	Stuttgart, Germany
Date of death	12 November 1862
Place of death	Calw, Germany

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