Homma, Wilhelm Jacobs (d. 1705)
Wilhelm Jacobs Homma was a preacher of the "Lam en Toren" Mennonite congregation at Amsterdam in 1681-l705; particulars about this man were not available. Long's assertion that Homma translated the New Testament from the Greek into the Dutch language has been proved to be an error. Homma was the editor of two translations from the Greek into the Dutch, of A. Boreel's translation of Matthew and Romans (Amsterdam, 1693) and of R. Rooleeuw's translation of the New Testament (Amsterdam, 1694).
Bibliography
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, No. 1682.
Long, Izaac le. Boekzaal der Nederlandsche Bybels. 1732: 843.
Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland, 8 vols. Utrecht, 1903-1918: IV, 197 f.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 802. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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