{"product_id":"bible-ottoman-turkish-1912-american-bible-society-armenian-publisher-old-new-testament","title":"Bible Ottoman Turkish 1912 American Bible Society Armenian Publisher Old New Testament","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"50\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"18\"\u003eKitab-ı Mukaddes\u003c\/em\u003e – Constantinople Edition (1912)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"999\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 26, 23);\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"281\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"395\"\u003eThis is a 1912 Istanbul (Dersaadet) edition of \u003cem data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"131\"\u003eKitab-ı Mukaddes\u003c\/em\u003e, printed by the American Bible Society and produced at Agop Matyosyan Printing House in Istanbul. The printing house was operated by an Ottoman-Armenian publisher, reflecting the multicultural and multi-religious publishing environment of the late Ottoman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"636\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"415\"\u003eKitab-ı Mukaddes\u003c\/em\u003e contains both the Old Testament (Ahd-i Atik — including the Torah and Psalms) and the New Testament (Ahd-i Cedid — the Gospels) in a single volume. It serves as a complete Bible text used for religious reading and study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"977\"\u003eThe American Bible Society, founded in 1816 in New York, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the printing, translation, and distribution of the Bible. From the early 19th century onward, it operated within the Ottoman territories, producing translations in local languages and making biblical texts accessible to diverse communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"979\" data-end=\"1327\"\u003eIn the multicultural structure of the Ottoman Empire where Muslim, Christian, and Jewish populations lived side by side such publications contributed to the availability of religious texts across linguistic and cultural boundaries. This reflects the broader environment of religious coexistence and intellectual exchange in the late Ottoman period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1329\" data-end=\"1603\"\u003eThe presence of foreign publishing organizations and local printing houses also illustrates the growing influence of international missionary and publishing activities during the final decades of the empire, as well as the relative openness of the print culture of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1829\"\u003eThis edition is a hardcover volume, making it both durable and suitable for long-term use, and it stands as a significant historical artifact reflecting religious publishing history in Istanbul during the early 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"999\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 26, 23);\"\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1875\"\u003e• Title: \u003cem data-start=\"1855\" data-end=\"1873\"\u003eKitab-ı Mukaddes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1877\" data-end=\"1891\"\u003e• Date: 1912\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1893\" data-end=\"1939\"\u003e• Place of Publication: Dersaadet (Istanbul)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1941\" data-end=\"1978\"\u003e• Publisher: American Bible Society\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1980\" data-end=\"2027\"\u003e• Printer: Agop Matyosyan Matbaası (Istanbul)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2029\" data-end=\"2058\"\u003e• Language: Ottoman Turkish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2096\"\u003e• Format: Hardcover Religious Text\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2098\" data-end=\"2169\"\u003e• Content: Old Testament (Ahd-i Atik) and New Testament (Ahd-i Cedid)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2171\" data-end=\"2236\"\u003e• Organization: American Bible Society (founded 1816, New York)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2238\" data-end=\"2326\"\u003e• Historical Context: Late Ottoman period religious publishing and missionary activity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2328\" data-end=\"2409\"\u003e• Significance: Complete Bible edition printed in Istanbul for local readership\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2411\" data-end=\"2481\"\u003e• Cultural Context: Multilingual and multi-religious Ottoman society\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2483\" data-end=\"2587\"\u003e• Collector Appeal: Early 20th-century Ottoman hardcover Bible with Armenian printing house provenance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turkrex Collectables","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49022645371018,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/3687\/7450\/files\/1_ebc7e972-73dc-421a-9cd1-780c0e1b4760.jpg?v=1777802129","url":"https:\/\/turkrexcollectables.com\/products\/bible-ottoman-turkish-1912-american-bible-society-armenian-publisher-old-new-testament","provider":"Turkrex Collectables","version":"1.0","type":"link"}