B. E. Devaraj

B. E. Devaraj
Education[2] M. A., L.Th.
ChurchChurch of South India, (Diocese of Nandyal)
Ordained1948[1]
WritingsSee Section
Offices held

TitleReverend

B. E. Devaraj was a translator who pioneered the Lambadi version of the New Testament. He was Acting Commissary and Vicar General of the Archdeaconry of Nandyal from 1950[1] to 1951.[3]

Devaraj also taught in the Andhra Christian Theological College,[4] Rajahmundry {affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University) - a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) [5] of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956[6] (as modified up to 20 December 1985)}.

Ravela Joseph who compiled a bibliography of original Christian writings in Telugu with the assistance of B. Suneel Bhanu under the aegis of the Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College included books by B. E. Devaraj entitled A Commentary on First Corinthians (మొదటి కొరింథీ పత్రిక వ్యాఖ్యానము),[7] Good Friday (మoఛి శుక్రవారము),[8] and Love's Servant (ప్రెమదాసు).[9]

The Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary released the New Testament in Lambadi on 25 October 1999[10] in the presence[11] of G. Babu Rao, then Auxiliary Secretary, G. D. V. Prasad, Director - Translations of the Bible Society of India, Central Office, Bengaluru and B. K. Pramanik, its General Secretary. Lazarus Lalsingh[12] of Badao Banjara Phojer[11] who put in efforts for bringing the New Testament in Lambadi recalled the earlier efforts of B. E. Devaraj in translating texts into Lambadi at the release in 1999.[11]

  1. ^ a b Constance M. Millington, An Ecumenical Venture: The History of Nandyal Diocese in Andhra Pradesh, 1947-1990, Issue 214 of ATC publication, Asian Trading Corporation, Bengaluru, 1993. pp. 22, 82 and 217.[1]
  2. ^ South Indian Teacher, Volumes 22-23, South India Teachers' Union, 1949. [2] p. 82.
  3. ^ K. M. George, Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999. [3]
  4. ^ Andhra Christian Theological College Prospectus 1969. Printed by A. Nageswara Rao at Saraswathi Power Press, Rajahmundry.
  5. ^ Under Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956, University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recoginsed by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act. The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since The Serampore College Act, 1918 was passed by the Government of West Bengal."UGC and Senate of Serampore College (University)". Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. ^ The University Grants Commission Act, 1956 Archived 29 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ B. E. Devaraju, A Commentary on First Corinthians, Telugu Theological Literature Board for Andhra Pradesh Christian Council, Hyderabad, 1973. Cited by Ravela Joseph, Suneel Bhanu (Compiled), Bibliography of original Christian writings in Telugu, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bengaluru, 1993. p. 7 [4]
  8. ^ B. E. Devaraju, Good Friday, Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi, 1956. Cited by Ravela Joseph, Suneel Bhanu (Compiled), Bibliography of original Christian writings in Telugu, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bengaluru, 1993. p. 30 [5]
  9. ^ B. E. Devaraju, Love's Servant, Christian Literature Service, Chennai, 1967. Cited by Ravela Joseph, Suneel Bhanu (Compiled), Bibliography of original Christian writings in Telugu, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bengaluru, 1993. p. 44 [6]
  10. ^ New Testament in Lambadi, Bible Society of India, Bengaluru, 1999
  11. ^ a b c Sowing Circle, A Bulletin of the Bible Society of India, Volume 15, Number 1, January–April 2000 (For Private Circulation), Bengaluru. pp.24-25.
  12. ^ Tony E. Samuel Hilton, Lazarus Lalsingh, Banjara: a people in India, People series, People India Research & Training Institute, 1999. [7]