06-27-2008, 05:07 AM
Shlama Dawid
If I had the opportunity, I???d grab ???The Indian Christians of St. Thomas??? by Leslie Brown, though it???s nearly impossible to find, or very expensive (1 available at Amazon). The Rev. P. J. Podipara, CMI was an eminent expert in this field of study, but finding his works available are even worse.
There???s a very, very interesting article at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://nasrani.net/2007/12/30/thomas-malabar-connection-the-jewish-heritage-a-biblical-analytical-approach/">http://nasrani.net/2007/12/30/thomas-ma ... -approach/</a><!-- m --> which anyone can participate in. I haven???t read through every single comment posted, so for all I know, someone else might have asked this question in there somewhere and got a good answer.
My ???A History of India, vol. 1??? by Thapar, which is otherwise excellent (covering 2,500 years), serves to be worthless on this topic other than the briefest mention. She at least found it interesting enough to on p.134 mention that the place where St. Thomas began to preach, after having established many churches along the Malabarian coast, was ???subsequently called Beth Thuma. Beth Thuma = ???House of Thomas??? in Hebrew.???
The best source that I can think of, from both an eminent in this field, as well as a part of their community, would have to be Dr. A. M. Mundadan, CMI. Be looking for a ???History of Christianity in India, vol. 1??? and ???Indian Christians: Search for Identity and Struggle for Autonomy???, 2nd Ed. (2003).
Otherwise, perhaps this will assist you?
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-Ryan
If I had the opportunity, I???d grab ???The Indian Christians of St. Thomas??? by Leslie Brown, though it???s nearly impossible to find, or very expensive (1 available at Amazon). The Rev. P. J. Podipara, CMI was an eminent expert in this field of study, but finding his works available are even worse.
There???s a very, very interesting article at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://nasrani.net/2007/12/30/thomas-malabar-connection-the-jewish-heritage-a-biblical-analytical-approach/">http://nasrani.net/2007/12/30/thomas-ma ... -approach/</a><!-- m --> which anyone can participate in. I haven???t read through every single comment posted, so for all I know, someone else might have asked this question in there somewhere and got a good answer.
My ???A History of India, vol. 1??? by Thapar, which is otherwise excellent (covering 2,500 years), serves to be worthless on this topic other than the briefest mention. She at least found it interesting enough to on p.134 mention that the place where St. Thomas began to preach, after having established many churches along the Malabarian coast, was ???subsequently called Beth Thuma. Beth Thuma = ???House of Thomas??? in Hebrew.???
The best source that I can think of, from both an eminent in this field, as well as a part of their community, would have to be Dr. A. M. Mundadan, CMI. Be looking for a ???History of Christianity in India, vol. 1??? and ???Indian Christians: Search for Identity and Struggle for Autonomy???, 2nd Ed. (2003).
Otherwise, perhaps this will assist you?
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.nestorian.org/nestorian_bibliography.html">http://www.nestorian.org/nestorian_bibliography.html</a><!-- m -->
-Ryan