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Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (24 June 1683 – 23 February 1719) was a member of the Lutheran clergy and the first Pietist missionary to India. Early life. Ziegenbalg was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony, on 24 July 1683 in a devout Christian family.
Ziegenbalg, the prototype of German pietist Lutheran missionaries, was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony. He had a conversion experience while in high-school, after the early loss of his parents. Repeated illness and inner conflicts interrupted his studies at Berlin and Halle.
Jun 19, 2024 · Ziegenbalg was born on the 24th of June, 1683 in humble circumstances but his Christian mother died when he was a small child. His strongest memory of his mother was when she confessed on her death bed that she was leaving a great treasure behind.
Feb 22, 2012 · Ziegenbalg was troubled by ill health his entire life, a condition aggravated by his work in the mission field. He died on February 23, 1719 at the age of thirty-six in Tranquebar. His last 13 years were spent laying the foundations for German scholarship in Tamil that continues to this day.
May 1, 2019 · • July 10, 1682 Born in Pulsnitz, Germany (outside of Dresden in Saxony) (June 24, 1683 according to the plaque at the New Jerusalem Church in Tranquebar; June 10, 1682 according to H. M. Zorn.) • 1694 Orphaned, his mother dying when he was 10, his father when he was 12 years old.
When he died on 23 February 1719, he left a Tamil translation of the New Testament and of Genesis through Ruth, many brief writings in Tamil, two church buildings, the seminary, and 250 baptized Christians.
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Oct 17, 2023 · Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg was born on July 10, 1682, in Pulsnitz, Germany to a corn merchant. His Mother was a pious woman who brought him and his two sisters up in the teaching of the Bible. She died when he was ten years old, and his father when he was twelve.
