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Eskimo Books
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by (shelved 6 times as eskimo)
avg rating 3.83 — 61,088 ratings — published 1972

by (shelved 5 times as eskimo)
avg rating 3.91 — 211 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 4 times as eskimo)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,005 ratings — published 1994

by (shelved 2 times as eskimo)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,170 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 2 times as eskimo)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,118 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.65 — 807 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.09 — 71,454 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,886 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 1977

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.54 — 13 ratings — published 1990

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.15 — 27 ratings — published 1989

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.14 — 71 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.33 — 10,376 ratings — published 1976

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.80 — 133 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.54 — 135,851 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.48 — 416 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.22 — 7,602 ratings — published 1991

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.00 — 38 ratings — published 1994

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.62 — 333 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.95 — 127 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.96 — 194 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.85 — 7,209 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.24 — 699 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1966

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.33 — 21 ratings — published 1988

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.76 — 408 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.86 — 457 ratings — published 1986

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.86 — 148 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.21 — 462 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.94 — 984 ratings — published 2001

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.00 — 27 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,578 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.71 — 68 ratings — published 1990

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.79 — 374 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.94 — 529 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,973 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1994

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.75 — 8 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 1976

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1983

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2000

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.88 — 51 ratings — published 1967

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 4.05 — 355 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 1 time as eskimo)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1991

by (shelved 0 times as eskimo)
avg rating 3.25 — 8 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 0 times as eskimo)
avg rating 3.65 — 40 ratings — published

by (shelved 0 times as eskimo)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2000
“Apropos of Eskimo, I once heard a missionary describe the extraordinary difficulty he had found in translating the Bible into Eskimo. It was useless to talk of corn or wine to a people who did not know even what they meant, so he had to use equivalents within their powers of comprehension. Thus in the Eskimo version of the Scriptures the miracle of Cana of Galilee is described as turning the water into blubber; the 8th verse of the 5th chapter of the First Epistle of St. Peter ran: ‘Your adversary the devil, as a roaring Polar bear walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.’ In the same way ‘A land flowing with milk and honey’ became ‘A land flowing with whale’s blubber,’ and throughout the New Testament the words ‘Lamb of God’ had to be translated ‘little Seal of God,’ as the nearest possible equivalent. The missionary added that his converts had the lowest opinion of Jonah for not having utilised his exceptional opportunities by killing and eating the whale.”
― The Days Before Yesterday
― The Days Before Yesterday

“Hvad enten man i mange punkter deler mit syn eller ikke, om jeg end ikke finder alt bestaaende saare godt, og selv om jeg skulde vise den svaghed at føle sorg over et synkende folk, som kanske ikke staar til at redde, da det allerede er stukket af vor civilisations giftige braad, saa trøster jeg mig med, at det ikke kan forværre dette folks kaar, og haaber, man vil opfatte mine bemerkninger i samme aand, som de er skrevne.”
― Eskimoliv
― Eskimoliv