Religious Transactions in Colonial South India: Language, Translation, and the Making of Protestant Identity

Hephzibah Israel

doi:10.1057/9780230120129

Religious Transactions in Colonial South India: Language, Translation, and the Making of Protestant Identity

Hephzibah Israel

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

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The book examines evolving attitudes tot ranslation and translation practices in the Tamil literary and sacred landscapes initiated by early missionary translations of the Bible in Tamil. situating the Tamil Bible firmly within intersecting religious, literary, and social contexts, the book offers a fresh perspective on the translated Bible as an object of cultural transfer.

Original language	English
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN (Print)	978-0-230-10562-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230120129
Publication status	Published - 2011

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