Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma

Frisian writer and bible translator

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1893

Place of Birth: Ferwert, Friesland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1968

Profession: translator, theologian, Bible translator

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma (13 November 1893, Ferwert – 1 January 1968, Franeker) was a West Frisian language writer and a Protestant skilled as a translator.
He worked with Geart Aeilco Wumkes in translating the Old Testament (West Frisian:Alde Testamint) in 1943. The major work was carried out by Wumkes with the translation of the Bible in West Frisian with the New Testament (West Frisian: Nije Testamint) published in 1933 and the Old Testament (West Frisian: Alde Testamint) in 1943.
The complete Bible was published in 1943 (West Frisian: Bibel).