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Hindu-Christian epistolary self-disclosures : Malabarian correspondence between German Pietist missionaries and South Indian Hindus (1712-1714) /

This volume presents for the first time a complete English translation of all 99 Tamil Letters gathered and translated into German by the early Lutheran Pietist missionaries to India, namely Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719) and his colleague Johann Ernst Gründler (1677-1720). They attempted to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jeyaraj, Daniel (Traductor, Autor de introducción, etc., Anotador), Young, Fox (Traductor, Autor de introducción, etc., Anotador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden [Germany] : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2013.
Colección:Documents on the history of Christianity in Asia, Africa and Latin America ; 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Editorial""; ""System of Transliteration""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""0.1 Tranquebar as a Venue for Cross-cultural Communication""; ""0.2 Why a new English Translation is Needed""; ""0.3 Translation and Translatability""; ""0.4 How this Volume Unfolds""; ""Part One: The Tamil Letters in their Contexts""; ""1.1 Tranquebarâ€?s Origins as a Danish Colony""; ""1.2 Origins of the Royal Danish Mission""; ""1.3 Consolidating the Royal Danish Mission in Denmark""; ""1.4 The Copenhagen-Halle Connection""
  • ""1.7.9 The Second Set of 46 Tamil Letters and the Unexplained Loss of Two""""1.8 Social and Theological Dimensions of the Tamil Letters""; ""1.9 Historiographical Questions""; ""1.9.1 Historical Accuracy and Inaccuracy""; ""1.9.2 Epistolary Etiquette""; ""1.9.3 Transliteration Methods""; ""1.9.4 Intertextuality and the Tamil Letters""; ""1.9.5 Tropes of Bhakti""; ""1.9.6 Gender and Patriarchy""; ""2 â€?Religionâ€?: Good and Bad, and the Asymmetries of Colonial Society""; ""Part Two: The 55 Tamil Letters""; ""Part Three: The 44 Tamil Letters""; ""Appendix 1: Titles of the 55 Tamil Letters""
  • ""Appendix 2: Titles of the 44 Tamil Letters""""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Manuscripts on Palm Leaves and Paper""; ""Printed Sources""