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His translation of the Bible, on the other hand — the whole New Testament, for the first time in any Indian language, and the Old Testament up to the book of Ruth, was printed at Tranquebar on Tamil press sent out from Halle. Tamil hymnbooks, catechisms, and other Christian literature followed.
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Jun 19, 2024 · It was Psalm 23. From that night on, Ziegenbalg became a man of the Bible, putting aside all the mystical paraphernalia of Hyper-Pietism which had offered him the two props of the Bible and their mystical dreams on which to build his faith.
Oct 2, 2014 · In Jesus Christ, Ziegenbalg was able at last to offer what the Tamil practitioners of bhakti had been waiting for. But he didn’t condemn the desire that bhakti had formed in them.
Johann Phillip Fabricius picked up where Ziegenbalg left off in Bible translation, particularly Tamil Christian hymnody. He also felt that the previous translation by Ziegenbalg urgently needed emendations.
An 18th-century German Lutheran Pietist whose missionary career lasted only 13 years before his untimely death, Ziegenbalg’s unprecedented approach to the Great Commission caused him to become “the father of modern Protestant mission,” in the words of Tamil church historian Daniel Jeyaraj.
Jul 12, 2022 · A Tamil Bible. Born in 1682 and 1676 respectively, Ziegenbalg and Plütschau were both Halle graduates– both known for their piety, devotion to the Scriptures, sacrificial love, and interest in education. Of the two, Ziegelbalg was the most linguistically talented.
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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. Today the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church carries on his work. Other missionaries commemorated with Ziegenbalg include the following:
