page_title: Bible translations into Slavic languages
section_title: Old Belarusian
hierarchical_section_title: Bible translations into Slavic languages / East Slavic / Old Belarusian
caption_attribution_description: English: Bible printed by Francysk Skaryna in 1517 Русский: Библия, напечатанная Франциском Скориной в 1517Беларуская: Біблія, надрукаваная Францыскам Скарынам у 1517Українська: Біблія надрукована Франциском Скорином у 1517 Bible cover (cyrillic): «Библия руска выложена доктором Франциском Скориною из славного града Полоцка, Богу ко чти и людем посполитым к доброму научению».
context_page_description: The history of all Bible translations into Slavic languages begins with Bible translations into Church Slavonic. Other languages include:
context_section_description: An effort to produce a version in the vernacular was made by Francysk Skaryna (d. after 1535), a native of Polatsk in Belarus. He published at Prague, 1517–19, twenty-two Old Testament books in Old Belarusian language, in the preparation of which he was greatly influenced by the Bohemian Bible of 1506. Other efforts were made during the 16th and 17th centuries, but the Church Slavonic predominated in all these efforts.
  Further reference on the prapavis.org website.
caption: Bible, published by Francysk Skaryna
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