American Bible Society

The American Bible Society (ABS ) ( in German: American Bible Society ) is a publishing company founded in 1816, which translates and distributes the Bible.

From 2000 to 2001 4,113,106 Bibles and 8,322,112 copies of the New Testament were produced by them. Among the published by the ABS Bible translations include the Good News Translation and the Contemporary English Version.

The seat of the ABS is located in New York, where she also maintains a larger archive of rare or unusual Bible editions. Director of the company since 2006 Paul Irwin.

History

The representatives of several Bible societies from different parts of the United States were found from 8 to 13 May 1816 in New York City at a convention a, who had set up a joint company to the destination. As can be seen from the auditor's report of an examiner at the end of the first financial year, the Company was incorporated on 11 May 1816. For the first president of the company chose the congregation Elias Boudinot of New Jersey.

The American Bible Society in 1934 celebrated its centenary service in China. On this occasion reminded the then deputy head of John R. Mott, that the ABS had 1833 $ 3000 Elijah Coleman Bridgman Dr., the first Protestant US-American missionary, sent to print Bibles in Chinese. 1934, the ABS had already distributed 70 million Bibles to the value of $ 2,897,383.

At its headquarters in Manhattan, NY, is a museum with antique and historic Bibles. The oldest of them was the time of the Gutenberg Bible, of which some pages are to be found in the museum. The library contains editions of the Bible in all languages ​​, from all countries and regions and includes about six centuries. It is thus by the Vatican libraries, the second largest collection of religious books. In her archive in South America are also located thousands randomly collected Bibles.

In 1999, the ABS a free Webbuilder for churches in the net. Other Sites followed, including 2006 ShareYourStoryNow.org where users can describe their experiences with the Bible.

2006 launched the first television series of ABS, are interviewed in the various biblical scholars regarding current problems in society that are associated with Christianity.

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