Kirghese-Tartar Version Of The Scriptures The Kirghese-Tartar is a dialect spoken by the Kirghese in Siberia and Turkestan. In 1818 the New Test. was translated by Charles Frazer, a Scottish missionary. Since this mission was abandoned, nothing was done for the circulation of the Word of God among this people, numbering about 1,500,000. In 1879, however, the British and Foreign Bible Society issued an edition of three thousand copies of Mr. Frazer's New Test., it being printed at the Kazan University press, under the care of professor Gottwaldt, who arranged the verses in the new edition as they stand in the Greek and English, besides revising a few passages which were badly translated. See Bible of Every Land, page 349. (B.P.)
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More