For the first time, Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary to 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...
For the first time, Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary to India,...
Originally published in 1713, this text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment & his willingness to learn from the South Indians. The text contains the original voices of knowledgeable South Indians from various religious backgrounds & presents South India in a vivid & direct manner.
Originally published in 1713, this text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment & his willingness to learn from the South In...
