'It is a word-by-word translation from Syriac.

He said movable types used to print Robert Drummond's 'Grammar of the Malabar language' (1899) were used for printing Ramban Bible too. Shiju said with this, all books printed till 1824 and mentioned in the history of Malayalam printing would be available in digital format. Buchanan had mentioned about the translation and printing of the Bible in the book 'Christian researches in Asia' published in 1811. Buchanan wanted Ramban to translate Gospels of St Matthew. Mar Thoma VI had shown him the Malayalam translation of Gospels done by his secretary Ramban and Buchanan was impressed by the work. He had visited Malankara Church head Mar Thoma VI during his visit to the state in 1806. The book is also known as Buchanan Bible as Christian missionary Claudius Buchanan had inspired Ramban to bring out a Malayalam translation of the Bible.

The book is popularly known as Ramban Bible as the translation was done by Kayamkulam Philipose Ramban, a Syriac scholar. Malayalam Wikipedia community member Shiju Alex, who was instrumental in bringing out several rare books in digital format, had got the scanned copy of Ramban Bible from Dr Babu Cherian, Malayalam professor at CMS College, Kottayam.

The Malayalam translation of New Testament, Ramban Bible, printed in Bombay in 1811 will be made available in Unicode format. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first Malayalam book printed in the country will soon go online.

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