Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma

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Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma or E. B. Folkertsma was born on 13 November 1893, in Ferwert. He died on 1 January 1968 in Frjentsjer he was a Frisian language writer and a Protestant skilled as a translator. He worked with Geart Aeilco Wumkes in translating the Old Testament (Frisian:Alde Testamint) in 1943.

The major work was carried out by Wumkes with the translation of the Bible in Frisian with the New Testament (Frisian: Nije Testamint) published in 1933 and the Old Testament (Frisian: Alde Testamint) in 1943. The complete Bible was published in 1943 (Frisian: Bibel).

External links

(West Frisian) Wumkes.nl mei ûnder oaren de Stads- en Dorpskroniek

Persondata
Name	Folkertsma, Eeltsje Boates
Alternative names
Short description	Frisian writer and bible translator
Date of birth	13 November 1893
Place of birth	Ferwert, the Netherlands
Date of death	1 January 1968
Place of death	Frjentsjer

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