Daniel Jeyaraj

Genealogy of the South Indian Deities

An English Translation of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary

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Produktbeschreibung

For the first time, the work Genealogy of the South Indian Deities of the first Protestant missionary to India, Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), is made accessible to an English readership.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780415647960
• ISBN-10: 0415647967
• Artikelnr.: 36621919

Autorenporträt

Daniel Jeyaraj, Judson-DeFrietas Associate Professor of World Christianity at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Center, Massachusetts, USA, is an Indian theologian with a profound interest in the intercultural relationship of Christian faith, the value of cross-cultural learning and interdisciplinary teaching and research. He is a leading authority on the study of the Tranquebar Mission and the emergence of Protestant churches in eighteen-century India.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface System of Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction 1. Ziegenbalg
and Halle Pietism 2. Ziegenbalg and the Residual Image of God 3.
Ziegenbalg's Text of the Genealogy 4. Ziegenbalg's Sources 5. Comparing the
Manuscripts 6. Comparing the Printed Versions 7. Continuing Relevance of
the Genealogy 8. Conclusion 9. Glossary 10. Bibliography

Rezensionen

'Any translation is inevitably to some extent also an interpretation, but in translating Ziegenbalg's text Jeyaraj has adopted a number of prinicples that give the work in translation a very different flavour' - Will Sweetman, University of Otago, New Zealand