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Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (24 June 1683 – 23 February 1719) was a member of the Lutheran clergy and the first Pietist missionary to India. Early life. Ziegenbalg was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony, on 24 July 1683 in a devout Christian family.
Ziegenbalg was a pioneer of pietist Lutheran missionaries who arrived in Tranquebar in 1706. He learned Tamil, translated the Bible, and established schools and a seminary for Indian assistants.
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg ( Tamil பர்த்தலோமேயு சீகன்பால்க்; * 10. Juli 1682 in Pulsnitz; † 23. Februar 1719 in Tranquebar) war ab 1706 der erste deutsche evangelische Missionar in Indien. Er kam mit der Dänisch-Halleschen Mission nach Südindien, er erlernte die tamilische Sprache und ...
…discovered two young Halle-trained Pietists, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1683–1719) and Heinrich Plütschau (1678–1747). Ordained at Copenhagen in 1705, they became the founders of the famous Tamil mission at Tranquebar, India, in 1706.
12 de jul. de 2022 · Learn about the life and legacy of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, who translated the New Testament into Tamil and founded the Danish-Halle Mission in 1706. He was a pioneer of cultural sensitivity, education, and indigenous church establishment in India.
1 de may. de 2019 · Pulsnitz, Germany. Died: February 23, 1719 Tranquebar, India. Pioneer Lutheran Missionary, Linguist and Educator who established the first Protestant mission for the people of south India. Christ showed grace to his faithful servant Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg in the face of constant opposition and hardship.
Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, Missionary To India. (From the Lutheran Kalendar) Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg was born in Saxony in 1682. He studied at the University of Halle, then the center for the Piestistic movement in the Lutheran Church. He responded to an appeal from the King of Denmark for missionaries, and in September 1706 he and Heinrich ...
