Bibles

Armenian Western

Armenian is spoken by over six million people mainly in Armenia, and Armenian communities in other countries. It is written in its own Armenian script. Armenia became a Christian state in 301 AD and the Bible was translated into Armenian in the fifth century, called the Classical Armenian or Grabar Bible. The Armenian Orthodox Old Testament includes deuterocanonical books such as the Apocalypse of Ezra.

Western (or Constantinople) Armenian is spoken by Armenians outside Armenia in Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Lebanon and by its diaspora in Europe and the USA. The modern Western Armenian Bible was produced in 1853. Western Armenian uses the traditional or classical Armenian script. Bible work in Western Armenian is done by the Bible Society of Lebanon.