Genealogy Of The South Indian Deities: An English Translation Of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript With A Textual Analysis And Glossary (routledge Studies In Asian Religion)

For the first time Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary in India, is made accessible to an English readership. Originally published in 1713, the text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment and his willingness to learn from the South Indians. The text contains the original voices of knowledgeable South Indians from various religious backgrounds and presents South India in a vivid, direct and unfiltered way. In this volume Daniel Jeyaraj edits and presents the German original in an English translation. This is followed by a detailed textual analysis, a glossary and an appendix.

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. Originally published in 1713, the text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment and his willingness to learn from the South Indians. The text contains the original voices of knowledgeable South Indians from various religious backgrounds and presents South India in a vivid, direct and unfiltered way. In this volume Daniel Jeyaraj edits and presents the German original in an English translation. This is followed by a detailed textual analysis, a glossary and an appendix. This book is invaluable for anyone interested in reliable information about the interactions of Europeans with Hindu and Tamil religion and culture.

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.;BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: ZIEGENBALG AND HALLE PIETISM; CHAPTER 2: ZIEGENBALG AND THE RESIDUAL IMAGE OF GOD; CHAPTER 3: ZIEGENBALG'S TEXT OF THE GENEALOGY; CHAPTER 4: ZIEGENBALG'S SOURCES; CHAPTER 5: COMPARING THE MANUSCRIPTS; CHAPTER 6: COMPARING THE PRINTED VERSIONS; CHAPTER 7: CONTINUING RELEVANCE OF THE GENEALOGY; 8: CONCLUSION; 9: GLOSSARY; 10: BIBLIOGRAPHY. Humanities BOOK COVER 1 TITLE 4 COPYRIGHT 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 8 PREFACE 10 SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION 12 ABBREVIATIONS 12 INTRODUCTION 14 CHAPTER 1: ZIEGENBALG AND HALLE PIETISM 22 CHAPTER 2: ZIEGENBALG AND THE RESIDUAL IMAGE OF GOD 30 CHAPTER 3: ZIEGENBALG’S TEXT OF THE GENEALOGY 48 CHAPTER 4: ZIEGENBALG’S SOURCES 212 CHAPTER 5: COMPARING THE MANUSCRIPTS 223 CHAPTER 6: COMPARING THE PRINTED VERSIONS 248 CHAPTER 7: CONTINUING RELEVANCE OF THE GENEALOGY 264 8: CONCLUSION 277 9: GLOSSARY 279 10: BIBLIOGRAPHY 356 This study of South Indian deities is based on a unique, hitherto unknown German manuscript that belongs to the pre-colonial era.