Arthur L. Hammond (August 13, 1896 – July 21, 1979), an American citizen, was the first evangelical missionary in Cambodia. He trained at Nyack College and first arrived in Southeast Asia as a Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) missionary in 1921 and served for two years in Saigon, Vietnam. Entering Cambodia in January 1923 with his new wife Esther,Rev. Arthur L. Hammond, History of Missionary Work in Cambodia (unpublished manuscript) he began translation of the Bible into Khmer in 1925. The New Testament was completed by 1934, but it was not until 1954 that the whole Bible (KOV) was finally published.Towards a Christian Pastoral Approach to Cambodian Culture p29 Gerard Ravasco - 2006 "Arthur L. Hammond and his wife, both Americans of the Evangelical Church left Saigon and settled in Phnom Penh. ... of a Catholic from Battambang, a translation of the New Testament was completed in 1934, and the entire Bible in 1940. "World vision 38-39 World Vision International - 1994 "US missionary Arthur Hammond begins translating the Bible into the Khmer language. 1933: Hammond completes translation of New Testament. 1954: Hammond's translation of Khmer Bible is finally published. 1965: Almost all Protestant ..."
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