Bibliotheca Malabarica: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Tamil Library

Ziegenbalg went on to write other works in German explaining Hinduism to Europeans, notably Malabarisches Heidenthum (1711) and Genealogía der malabarischen Götter (1713), and, in Tamil, works of apologetics and a translation of the Bible, unfinished at his death in 1719, revised (and superseded) by...

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Published in:Journal of the American Oriental Society 2014-10, Vol.134 (4), p.752-753
Main Author: Trautmann, Thomas R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bible
Brief Reviews of Books
German language
Hinduism
Historical text analysis
Libraries
Literary translation
Tamil language
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Summary:Ziegenbalg went on to write other works in German explaining Hinduism to Europeans, notably Malabarisches Heidenthum (1711) and Genealogía der malabarischen Götter (1713), and, in Tamil, works of apologetics and a translation of the Bible, unfinished at his death in 1719, revised (and superseded) by the translation of Johannes Fabricius. When at last I was entirely able to read their own books, and became aware that the very philosophical disciplines as are discussed by scholars in Europe are quite methodically taught among them, and also that they have a proper written law from which all theological matters must be derived and demonstrated; all this astonished me greatly, and I developed a very strong desire to be thoroughly instructed in their heathenism from their own writings, (pp. 4-5) It is his exploration of Malabar heathenism that most attracts Sweetman to this early text, more than its value in reconstructing the history of Tamil literature.
ISSN:0003-0279
2169-2289
DOI:10.7817/jameroriesoci.134.4.752