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'''Neophytos Vamvas / Νεόφυτος Βάμβας''' (1770-1856) was a Greek scholar and Orthodox cleric. Born on the island of Chios [Greece], in 1804 he went to study in France. Back in Greece he taught in Chios, Corfu, Syros, and finally in the newly-founded University of Athens. In the 1830s Vamvas led a team of translators who authored the first complete translation of the Bible in Modern Greek. | '''Neophytos Vamvas / Νεόφυτος Βάμβας''' (1770-1856) was a Greek scholar and Orthodox cleric. Born on the island of Chios [Greece], in 1804 he went to study in France. Back in Greece he taught in Chios, Corfu, Syros, and finally in the newly-founded University of Athens. In the 1830s Vamvas led a team of translators who authored the first complete translation of the Bible in Modern Greek. | ||
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Neophytos Vamvas / Νεόφυτος Βάμβας (1770-1856) was a Greek scholar and Orthodox cleric. Born on the island of Chios [Greece], in 1804 he went to study in France. Back in Greece he taught in Chios, Corfu, Syros, and finally in the newly-founded University of Athens. In the 1830s Vamvas led a team of translators who authored the first complete translation of the Bible in Modern Greek.
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