Abraham George Kallarakkal
Born1934
Kerala
EducationBSc, BD, MTh, DrTheol[1]
ChurchMalankara Orthodox Church
TitleReverend Doctor

Abraham George Kallarakkal (born 1934[2]) is an Old Testament Biblical scholar with major contribution to Old Testament research. Kallarakkal is well-versed in Hebrew and Peshitto and researched at the University of Hamburg under Klaus Koch[3] and Manfried Dietrich.[4]

During 1963–1965,[5] George pursued postgraduate studies in Old Testament leading to Master of Theology at one of the affiliated seminaries of the Senate of Serampore College (University).

Abraham George was Professor of Old Testament at the Orthodox Pazhaya Seminary, an institution of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church affiliated to the nation's first[6] University, the Senate of Serampore College.

Writings

  • 1973, The Peshitto Version of Daniel: A Comparison with the Massoretic Text, the Septuagint and Theodotion[4]
  • 1981, Prathyasakiranangal (in Malayalam),[7]
  • 1987, The Rays of Hope: An Introduction to the Old Testament,[8]

References

  1. ↑ Mar Aprem, Indian Christian Who is Who, Bombay Parish Church of the East, Bombay, 1983, p.104.
  2. ↑ Stanford University Libraries
  3. ↑ Johann Anselm Steiger, Fünf hundert Jahre Theologie in Hamburg, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2005, p.445.
  4. 1 2 Abraham George Kallarakkal, The Peshitto Version of Daniel: A Comparison with the Massoretic Text, the Septuagint and Theodotion, 1973.
  5. ↑ Reports 1964-1965: Report by the President of the Senate for the year 1965, (List of candidates who are qualified to receive the Degree and Diplomas in 1965 Examination: M. Th. Degree) Serampore College, Serampore, 1965, p.13.
  6. ↑ UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
  7. ↑ Abraham George Kallarakkal, Prathyasakiranangal (in Malayalam), Divyabodhanam, Kottayam, 1981.
  8. ↑ Kallarakkal Abraham George, The Rays of Hope: An Introduction to the Old Testament, Divyabodhanam, Kottayam, 1987.
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