Genealogy of the South Indian Deities

Daniel Jeyaraj, Judson-DeFrietas Associate Professor of World Christianity at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Center, Massachusetts, USA, is an Indian theologian with a profound interest in the intercultural relationship of Christian faith, the value of cross-cultural learning and interdisciplinary teaching and research. He is a leading authority on the study of the Tranquebar Mission and the emergence of Protestant churches in eighteen-century India.

• Preface System of Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction 1. Ziegenbalg and Halle Pietism 2. Ziegenbalg and the Residual Image of God 3. Ziegenbalg's Text of the Genealogy 4. Ziegenbalg's Sources 5. Comparing the Manuscripts 6. Comparing the Printed Versions 7. Continuing Relevance of the Genealogy 8. Conclusion 9. Glossary 10. Bibliography

'Any translation is inevitably to some extent also an interpretation, but in translating Ziegenbalg's text Jeyaraj has adopted a number of prinicples that give the work in translation a very different flavour' - Will Sweetman, University of Otago, New Zealand