The Bible, that is the Old and New Testaments, Newly Translated from the Hebrew and Greek Languages [The Protestant Translation of the Bible] (1865)

American missionary and translator who was born in Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1821, the andover theological seminary in 1826, then moved to Malta for missionary work in the same year. However, the name disregards the substantial contribution made by the other, Arabic-speaking participants in all the stages of the translation, as can be seen in the texts. In fact, modern Arab Biblical scholar Ghasan Khalaf argues that the role of Smith and Van Dyke was primarily administrative, besides revising the translation for theological principles. The bulk of translation, he argues, was handled by al-Bustani, while Nasif al-Yaziji revised the work for grammar and style.