Tjukurpa Palya Jesunya
Canberra, The British & Foreign Bible Society in Australia, November 1969 (first edition thus).
Octavo, [ii], 492 pages with numerous line illustrations.
Red papered boards lettered in white on the front cover; spine sunned; bottom corners lightly bumped; a very good copy (internally excellent).
'The Four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, Ephesians, James and First John in Pitjantjatjara', a dialect of the Western Desert language of central Australia. While the title can be translated as 'The Good News of Jesus', the word 'tjukurpa' is more commonly used to refer to the multilayered stories, laws and traditions of traditional Anangu belief. '463P - 1M' is printed on the verso of the title page; we read this as indicating a print-run of 1000 copies.
Item #145863
Price (AUD):
$250.00