The Okinawa Collection is pleased to announce that it received the materials related to missionaries, the Bible with Ryukyuan translation, and the Bible translated by Iha Fuyū from a donor in Okinawa.
Among the Hawley Collection, the Okinawa Collection holds a hanging scroll of the “rubbing monument to Bettelheim.”
The images of the scroll is available at http://manwe.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/d-archive/s/list?col=116. The scroll can be found by searching with the Hawley number "902" or the keyword “聖書.”
According to the University of the Ryukyus Library, 3 individuals translated the Bible in the Ryukyuan language. Those three people are, B.J. Bettelheim, Iha Fuyu, and Shin'ichi Arakaki.
伊波普猷、「琉球訳聖書」、『伊波普猷全集 第一巻』(平凡社、1974年、332-334頁)。
Iha, Fuyu."The Bible in Ryukyuan." In Iha Fuyu zenshu, vol. 1, 332-334. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1974.
The British Library has digitised some Bettelheim manuscripts. The announcement is available here.
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