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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783706003321

Autore

Ziegenbalg Bartholomaeus <1683-1719., >

Titolo

Genealogy of the South Indian deities : an English translation of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg's original German manuscript with a textual analysis and glossary / / [translated and edited by] Daniel Jeyaraj

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-28703-8

1-134-28704-6

1-280-30567-3

9786610305674

0-203-49316-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon studies in Asian religion

Altri autori (Persone)

JeyarajDaniel

Disciplina

294.5/0954/809033

Soggetti

Hindu gods - India, South

Hindu mythology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Genealogie der malabarischen Gotter.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-368) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 i