Arthur L. Hammond (August 13, 1896 – July 21, 1979), an American citizen, was the first evangelical missionary in Cambodia. He trained at Nyack College and first arrived in Southeast Asia as a Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) missionary in 1921 and served for two years in Saigon, Vietnam.[1] Entering Cambodia in January 1923 with his new wife Esther,[2] he began translation of the Bible into Khmer in 1925.[3] The New Testament was completed by 1934,[4] but it was not until 1954 that the whole Bible (KOV) was finally published.[5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Arthur Hammond". photos.vnbible.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Rev. Arthur L. Hammond, History of Missionary Work in Cambodia (unpublished manuscript)
- ^ Erickson, Jon. "News & Stories » The Good Book". Cmalliance.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Khmer NT 1934 | សមាគមព្រះគម្ពីរកម្ពុជា BIBLE SOCIETY IN CAMBODIA". Biblecambodia.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Bible Society in Cambodia, About Us". Biblecambodia. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
"When missionaries from Christian and Missionary Alliance began its ministry in Cambodia in 1923, Rev. Arthur Hammond was assigned the task of translating the full Bible into Khmer language. Rev. Hammond worked with a team of missionaries and Cambodian pastors and completed the first Khmer Bible. British & Foreign Bible Society was entrusted the task of publication and distribution of the Khmer Bible. The first Khmer Bible was printed in England in 1954. The second edition, with minor corrections, was published in 1962 by the Bible Society.
- ^ Towards a Christian Pastoral Approach to Cambodian Culture p29 Gerard Ravasco - 2006 "Arthur L. Hammond and his wife, both Americans of the Evangelical Church left Saigon and settled in Phnom Penh. ... of a Catholic from Battambang, a translation of the New Testament was completed in 1934, and the entire Bible in 1940. "
- ^ World vision 38-39 World Vision International - 1994 "US missionary Arthur Hammond begins translating the Bible into the Khmer language. 1933: Hammond completes translation of New Testament. 1954: Hammond's translation of Khmer Bible is finally published. 1965: Almost all Protestant ..."
