Persian BIBLES. Some of the fathers seem to say that all the Scripture was formerly translated into the language
of the Persians; but we have nothing now remaining of the ancient version, which was certainly made from the Septuagint. The Persian Pentateuch printed in the London Polyglot is without doubt the work of Rabbi Jacob, a Persian Jew. It was published by the Jews at Constantinople in the year 1551. In the same Polyglot we have likewise the four Evangelists in Persian, with a Latin translation; but this appears very modern, incorrect, and of little use. Walton says this version was written above four hundred years ago. Another version of the Gospels was published at Cambridge by Wheloc in the year 1657; and there are also two Persian versions of the Psalms made in the seventeenth century from the Latin of the Vulgate.