Dharmakkan Dhanaraj

As a Scholar on Psalms, Dhanaraj's workD. Dhanaraj, Theological significance of the motif of enemies in selected psalms of individual lament, Augustin, Gluckstadt, 1992. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NlF2QgAACAAJ&q=dharmakkan+dhanaraj] was published in 1992 and simultaneously reviewed in three German journals, namely the Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (1994),:de:Jürgen van Oorschot, Reviewed Work: Theological Significance of the Motif of Enemies in Selected Psalms of Individual Lament in Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Volume 106, Issue 1, 1994, p.153.[https://doi.org/10.1515/zatw.1994.106.1.125] the {{ill|Verkündigung und Forschung|de|vertical-align=sup}} (1995)H. H. Schmid, "Reviewed Work: Theological Significance of the Motif of Enemies in Selected Psalms of Individual Lament" in :de:Verkündigung und Forschung, Volume 40, Issue 1, 1995, pp.29, 43.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXowAAAAYAAJ&q=dhanaraj] and the {{ill|Theologische Literaturzeitung|de|vertical-align=sup}} (1995)Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Reviewed Work: Theological Significance of the Motif of Enemies in Selected Psalms of Individual Lament in :de:Theologische Literaturzeitung, Volume 120, Issue 9, 1995, pp.779-781.[http://www.digizeitschriften.de/dms/resolveppn/?PID=urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dt-21390%7Clog00659] followed by The Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1996)The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Reviewed Work: Theological Significance of the Motif of Enemies in Selected Psalms of Individual Lament (Orientalia biblica et christiana 4) by Dharmakkan Dhanaraj, Review by: Mark S. Smith, Vol. 58, No. 2 (April 1996), pp. 308-310.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/43724280?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=dharmakkan&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Ddharmakkan%26amp%3Bfilter%3Diid%253A10.2307%252Fi40150109&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents] and has also been listed in three of the annual editions of Elenchus of Biblica (Volumes 8, 10, 12 of 1992, 1994, 1996).Elenchus of Biblica 1992, Volume 8, 1995, p.276. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_q95BBARWqsC&q=Elenchus+of+Biblica+dharmakkan+dhanaraj%3B&pg=PA276]Elenchus of Biblica 1994, Volume 10, 1997, p.229. [https://books.google.com/books?id=O2zsAAAAMAAJ&q=dhanaraj];Elenchus of Biblica 1996, Volume 12, 2000, p.156.[https://books.google.com/books?id=bjv8e4K7hOIC&dq=dharmakkan+dhanaraj+hamburg&pg=PA156] Ellen T. Charry observes that Dhanaraj divided Psalm 3 into three segments depending on point of view taken by the speaker, a fact reiterated by John J. Ahn. Further, Dhanaraj's research work has been held in nearly 75WorldCat. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/804872268] library holdings ranging from Seminaries to state universities and National libraries across Africa, Asia, Australia,

Europe, North America and South America and has been referred by many Scholars over the years' including his Doktorvater,

• 1989 ({{ill|Eckart Otto|de|vertical-align=sup}}), Rechtsgeschichte der Redaktionen im Kodex Ešnunna und im "Bundesbuch": Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche und rechtsvergleichende Studie zu altbabylonischen und altisraelitischen Rechtsuberlieferungen,(:de:Eckart Otto), Rechtsgeschichte der Redaktionen im Kodex Ešnunna und im "Bundesbuch": Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche und rechtsvergleichende Studie zu altbabylonischen und altisraelitischen Rechtsuberlieferungen, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 85, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen/University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 1989, p.78.[https://books.google.com/books?id=EjMof0-HppQC&dq=dhanaraj+osnabruck&pg=PP1]
• 1989 (Edited by G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry), Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume 12,Hebrew: צִיּוֹן{{lrm}}{{lrm}} Tsiyyon in G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry (Edited), Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume 12, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, 1989, p.335.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LW8XieaBETIC&dq=dhanaraj+osnabruck&pg=PA335]
• 1998 (Ulrich Bail), Gegen das Schweigen klagen. Eine intertextuelle Studie zu Psalm 6, Psalm 55 und 2 Samuel 13,1-22,Ulrich Bail, Gegen das Schweigen klagen. Eine intertextuelle Studie zu Psalm 6, Psalm 55 und 2 Samuel 13,1-22, University of Bochum, Bochum, 1998.[http://www.ulrike-bail.de/Ulrike_Bail/Veroffentlichungen_files/UlrikeBailGegen%20das%20Schweigenklagen.pdf].
• 2005 (Daniel J. Estes), Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms,Daniel J. Estes, Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, p.30.[https://books.google.com/books?id=H4ARZdgdyAMC&dq=dharmakkan+dhanaraj&pg=PA203]
• 2011 (John J. Ahn), Exile as Forced Migrations: A Sociological, Literary, and Theological approach on the displacement and resettlement of the southern kingdom of Judah,John J. Ahn, Exile as Forced Migrations: A Sociological, Literary, and Theological approach on the displacement and resettlement of the southern kingdom of Judah, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2011, p.102. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5Dzy1ocWGoUC&dq=dharmakkan+dhanaraj&pg=PA102]
• 2012 (Wilton Gerardo Sánchez Castelblanco), Que les caigan brasas de fuego (Sal 140,11) - Comentario exegético del salmo 140 (Let burning flames come down on them (Psalm 140,11) - Exegetical commentary of Psalm 140),Wilton Gerardo Sánchez Castelblanco, Que les caigan brasas de fuego (Sal 140,11) - Comentario exegético del salmo 140 (Let burning flames come down on them (Psalm 140,11) - Exegetical commentary of Psalm 140) in Franciscanum, Volume 54, Issue 158, July–December 2012. [https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/4562216.pdf]
• 2013 (D. Keith Campbell), Of Heroes and Villains: The Influence of the Psalmic Lament on Synoptic Characterization,D. Keith Campbell, Of Heroes and Villains: The Influence of the Psalmic Lament on Synoptic Characterization, Wipf and Stock, Oregon, 2013, p.185.[https://books.google.com/books?id=VcNNAwAAQBAJ&dq=dharmakkan+dhanaraj&pg=PA185]
• 2014 (W. Dennis Tucker Jr.), Constructing and Deconstructing Power in Psalms 107–150,W. Dennis Tucker, Jr., Constructing and Deconstructing Power in Psalms 107–150, SBL, Atlanta, 2015, p.13. [https://books.google.com/books?id=M0kCBAAAQBAJ&dq=dharmakkan+dhanaraj&pg=PA13]
• 2015 (Ellen T. Charry), Psalms 1-50 (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible),Ellen T. Charry, Psalms 1-50 (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible), Brazos, Grand Rapids, 2015. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3euiCgAAQBAJ&dq=dharmakkan+dhanaraj&pg=PT45]; Unser Gästebuch - Gästebucheintrag erstellen - Welche persönliche Beziehung haben Sie zur Basler Mission? [http://www.missionmoves.org/de/gaestebuch/comment-page-1/]

After initial graduate studies at the CSI-American College in Madurai, Tamil Nadu where Dhanaraj pursued studies in sciences leading to B.Sc. in 1969, he discerned his avocation towards priesthood and became an aspirant with the Madurai-Ramnad Diocese of the Church of South India, then under the bishopric of The Right Reverend George Devadas, CSI who became his Spiritual Confessor and led Dhanaraj to take up seminary studies leading to Priesthood.

Dhanaraj then underwent ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1970 and 1974K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. Past students of the college diploma course, p.44; Past students of the postgraduate course, p.112. during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran, CSI, studying for a Bachelor of Divinity (B. D.) under faculty comprising The Rev. G. D. Melanchthon, AELC, W. P. Peery, AELC, E. C. John, CSI and others.

During Dhanaraj's study period between 1970 and 1974, his companions included D. I. Hans, CSI, P. J. Lawrence, CSI, J. W. Gladstone, CSI, Sydney Salins, CSI, John Sadananda, CSI, P. Surya Prakash, CSI and others who were pursuing graduate courses while R. Yesurathnam, CSI, D. W. Jesudoss, TELC, G. Babu Rao, CBCNC, Basil Rebera^Laity, D. S. Satyaranjan, IPC, Nitoy Achümi, NBCC, Timotheas Hembrom, NELC, S. John Theodore, CSI and others were pursuing postgraduate courses at varying intervals including G. Solomon, STBC who came there for a specialized course in Biblical Hebrew.

In the ensuing convocation of the Senate of Serampore College (University) held on February 1, 1975Convocation Brochure, February 1, 1975 Serampore College, Serampore. at the Serampore College, Serampore under the Registrarship of C. Devasahayam, CBCNC, Dhanaraj was awarded a Bachelor of Divinity degree where the Convocation Commemoration Mass in Serampore was conducted by the Old Testament Teacher[https://books.google.com/books?id=txUnAQAAIAAJ&q=babu+rao+old+testament Guide to Indian Periodical Literature, Volume 23, 1989, p.57] G. Babu Rao, CBCNC of Serampore CollegeThe Story of Serampore and its College, Council of Serampore College, Serampore (Fourth Edition), 2005, p.92. at the CNI-St. Olave's Church, Serampore.

Again from 1976 to 1978, Dhanaraj studied for a postgraduate course during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran, CSI specialising in Old Testament under E. C. John, CSI, G. M. Butterworth, CoE and Gerhard Wehmeier, EKD and submitted a dissertation entitled The relationship of man to God as expressed in the piety of selected Psalms and was awarded a Master of Theology (M. Th.) degree by the university under the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan, IPC who had by that time become Registrar of the university succeeding J. T. Krogh, NELC. The 1979[https://books.google.com/books?id=VO0nAAAAYAAJ&q=samuel+rayan Religion and Society, Volume 26, Issue 2, Bangalore, 1979, p.77] convocation of the university was held at Secunderabad in February at the Andhra Christian Theological College led by the Old Testament Scholars, Victor Premasagar, CSI and G. Babu Rao, CBCNCG. Babu Rao, Content Analysis of Theological Syllabi – Old Testament in Religion and Society, Bangalore, 1985. [https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=g.babu+rao+doctoral+studies&btnG=Search+Books] who had by that time moved from Serampore to Secunderabad and again conducted the Convocation Commemoration Mass at the St. Gregorious Malankara Orthodox Syrian Cathedral in the neighbourhoodSt. Gregorious Malankara Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad. [http://www.bangaloreorthodoxdiocese.org/index.php?view=directory&content=clergy] of the college.Convocation brochure of the University, 1979, Secunderabad

During Dhanaraj's second period of studies at Bangalore between 1976 and 1978, his graduate companions included S. W. Meshack, IELC, M. Mani Chacko, CSI, K. David Udayakumar, SALC and others.

Image:Hamburg-university-2005-05.png where Dhanaraj began his research studies in 1979.]]

After a period of German language studies at the Goethe Institute, Pune during the final years of the 1970s, Dhanaraj moved to Germany enrolling as a student for the period 1980-1985 and began researching at the University of Hamburg under Prof. Klaus Koch and Prof. {{ill|Eckart Otto|de|vertical-align=sup}} entitling his dissertation as Theological significance of the motif of enemies in selected psalms of individual lament. Dhanaraj's other companions at the University of Hamburg included Godwin Shiri, CSIJohann Anselm Steiger (Edited), 500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2005, pp.451, 453.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4TRjk_Qt7WcC&q=rao&pg=PR4]

J. W. Gladstone, CSI Ofosu Adutwum, PCG and also G. Babu Rao, CBCNCMinutes of the meeting of the executive board of the academy mission at the University of Hamburg (Protokoll der sitzung des vorstandes der missionsakademie an der University of Hamburg) 6 April 1983 who went there on a 2½ years research exposure to the university.

Image:Schloss Osnabrueck Innenhof.jpg which awarded the doctoral degree to Dhanaraj in 1988.]]

Dhanaraj later transferred himself to the University of Osnabrück in 1986 as his guide, Prof. {{ill|Eckart Otto|de|vertical-align=sup}} had moved out from the University of Hamburg to join the University of Osnabrück and Dhanaraj continued his research there under Prof. {{ill|Eckart Otto|de|vertical-align=sup}} and was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in the year 1988 by the University of Osnabrück and a couple of years later, his thesis was published in 1992 by {{ill|J. J. Augustin|de|Druckerei J. J. Augustin|vertical-align=sup}} based in Glückstadt, Germany.

After completion of seminary studies by 1974 at the Protestant Regional Theologiate United Theological College in Bangalore, Dhanaraj expressed interest to begin pastoral work in Karnataka and sought transfer from the Madurai-Ramnad Diocese (headquartered in Madurai under the bishopric of The Right Reverend George Devadas, CSI) to the Karnataka Southern Diocese (headquartered in Mangalore under the bishopric of The Right Reverend S. R. Furtado, CSI) for which the process of Incardination and excardination was put in place leading to his excardination from the CSI Madurai-Ramnad Diocese and subsequent incardination into the CSI Karnataka Southern Diocese.

Dhanaraj then began pastoring parishes falling under the ecclesiastical purview of the Karnataka Southern Diocese of the Church of South India beginning with the Christ Church, Pollibetta,The United Theological College Year Book 1975, Change of addresses of past students, 1975, p.32, available at the Archives in the library of Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore. and to the Maddock Memorial Church, Kushalanagar,The United Theological College Year Book 1976, Change of addresses of past students, 1976, p.38, available at the Archives in the library of Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore. both falling under the civil jurisdiction of Kodagu district in south west Karnataka.

Image:Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore.JPG, Mangalore where Dhanaraj taught for more than three decades.]]

Dhanaraj moved to Mangalore in 1978 after completing his postgraduate studies in Old Testament at the Protestant Regional Theologiate in Bangalore and began teaching at the Karnataka Theological College along with C. D. Jathanna, CSI and also John Sadananda, CSI. After two years' of teaching, Dhanaraj proceeded on a 5-year study leave for research studies to Germany in 1980 and returned in 1986 to resume teaching of the Old Testament, Hebrew language and Aramaic language to ministerial candidates studying for Bachelor of Divinity course offered through the Senate of Serampore College (University).Senate of Serampore College (University), Directory of Teaching Staff. [http://senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/faculty.php?college=Karnataka+Theological+College&spez=Old+Testament] In 2003, Dhanaraj went on sabbatical leave to the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and taught courses during spring semester.

With Dhanaraj's expertise in the German language, the Moegling Institute for German LanguageK. R. Gupta (Compiled), Directory of Libraries in India, Volume 1, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2001, p.265.[https://books.google.com/books?id=qmc7oIo72wwC&q=moegling&pg=PR2] (permanently affiliated to the University of Mangalore), the onlySatshya Anna Tharien, For internet youth, there's nothing alien about foreign languages, The Hindu, Mangalore, 27.5.2013. [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/for-internet-youth-theres-nothing-alien-about-foreign-languages/article4755686.ece] German language institute in Mangalore set up within the premises of the Karnataka Theological College took Dhanaraj as one of its faculty members after his return from Germany in 1983 and after nearly a decade of teaching, Dhanaraj became PrincipalUniversities Handbook 1997, Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, 1997, p.619.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lx15TT_PwBUC&q=moegling] of the institute in 1992. The institute has been notable for admitting students with basic school certificateVinobha K. T., Mangalore varsity offers German course, Times of India, Mangalore, 26.5.2011. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Mangalore-varsity-offers-German-course/articleshow/8591141.cms] and metamorphose students into basic German language speakers within a year and also award them a proper UGC recognised certificate from the Mangalore University.Staff Correspondent, German institute celebrates silver jubilee, The Hindu, 29.9.2004.

[http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/29/stories/2004092911650300.htm]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In 2004, when the University of Mangalore Syndicate was reconstituted during the term of Vice Chancellor B. Hanumaiah, the university included Dhanaraj as a representative of the Moegling Institute of German Language in the newly reconstituted 22-member highest body of the university.Raviprasad Kamila, Varsity reconstitutes Syndicate, Academic Council, The Hindu, Mangalore, 5.10.2004.[http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/05/stories/2004100512710300.htm]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

{{S-start}}

{{S-aca}}

{{Succession box

| before=C. D. Jathanna, CSI
1961 - 1983,
John Sadananda, CSI
1974 - 2009 | title=Teacher - in - Old Testament,
Karnataka Theological College,
Mangalore|after=K. Sagar Sundar Raj, CSIDaijiworld Media Network, Mangalore, Wednesday, July 04, 2012. Mangalore: City Crime Branch Inspector to be Honoured on KACES Day. [http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=142464]; Unser Gästebuch Gästebucheintrag erstellen - Welche persönliche Beziehung haben Sie zur Basler Mission? [http://www.missionmoves.org/de/gaestebuch/comment-page-1/]
2012-Present
2012-Present| years=1978-2015}}

{{Succession box

| before=F. S Furtado^Laity
1979 - 1992| title=Principal,Moegling Institute of German Language.[http://www.kaces.org/institutions/Moegling-Institute-for-German-Language]
Moegling Institute of German Language,
Mangalore|after=Fedric Anilkumar, CSI
2015 -Present| years=1992 - 2015}}

{{s-end}}

{{reflist|3|colwidth=30em}}

• {{cite journal

| editor=Zaihmingthanga

| title=Thesis Titles

| year=1991

| publisher=Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore

}}

• {{cite book

| editor=Robert North

| title=Elenchus of Biblica 1992

| year=1995

| volume=8

| publisher=Gregorian Biblical BookShop

| issn=1123-5608| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_q95BBARWqsC&q=Elenchus+of+Biblica+dharmakkan+dhanaraj%3B&pg=PA276

| isbn=9788876536038

}}

• {{cite journal

| author=H. H. Schmid

| title=Reviewed Work: Theological Significance of the Motif of Enemies in Selected Psalms of Individual Lament

| journal={{ill|Verkundigung und Forschung|de|vertical-align=sup}}

| year=1995

| volume=40-41

| issue=1

| issn=0342-2410| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXowAAAAYAAJ&q=dhanaraj

}}

• {{cite journal

| author=Erhard S. Gerstenberger

| title=Reviewed Work: Theological Significance of the Motif of Enemies in Selected Psalms of Individual Lament

| journal={{ill|Theologische Literaturzeitung|de|vertical-align=sup}}

| year=1995

| volume=120

| issue=9

| issn=0040-5671| url=http://www.digizeitschriften.de/dms/resolveppn/?PID=urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dt-21390%7Clog00659

}}

• {{cite journal

| author=Mark S. Smith in Catholic Biblical Quarterly

| title=Reviewed Work: Theological Significance of the Motif of Enemies in Selected Psalms of Individual Lament

| journal=The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

| year=1996

| volume=58

| issue=2

| issn=0008-7912| jstor=43724280

}}

• {{cite book

| editor=Robert North

| title=Elenchus of Biblica 1994

| year=1997

| volume=10

| publisher=Gregorian & Biblical Press

| isbn=9788876536090

| issn=1123-5608| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2zsAAAAMAAJ&q=dhanaraj

}}

• {{cite book

| author=Ulrich Bail

| title=Gegen das Schweigen klagen. Eine intertextuelle Studie zu Psalm 6, Psalm 55 und 2 Samuel 13,1-22

| year=1998

| url=http://www.ulrike-bail.de/Ulrike_Bail/Veroffentlichungen_files/UlrikeBailGegen%20das%20Schweigenklagen.pdf

}}

• {{cite book

| editor=K. M. Hiwale

| title=Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997

| year=1998

| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=yCvXPgAACAAJ&q=Directory+of+the+United+Theological+College+1910%E2%80%931997

}}

• {{cite book

| editor=Robert Althann

| title=Elenchus of Biblica 1996

| year=2000

| volume=12

| publisher=Gregorian Biblical BookShop

| issn=1123-5608| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjv8e4K7hOIC&q=dharmakkan+dhanaraj+hamburg&pg=PA156

| isbn=9788876536120

}}

• {{cite book

| editor=Johann Anselm Steiger

| title=500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft

| year=2005

| publisher=Walter de Gruyter

| isbn=978-3-1101-8529-4| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TRjk_Qt7WcC&q=rao&pg=PR4

}}

• {{cite book

| author=John J. Ahn

| title=Exile as Forced Migrations: A Sociological, Literary, and Theological approach on the displacement and resettlement of the southern kingdom of Judah

| year=2011

| publisher=Walter de Gruyter

| isbn=978-3-11-024095-5| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Dzy1ocWGoUC&q=dharmakkan+dhanaraj&pg=PA102

}}

• {{cite journal

| author=Wilton Gerardo Sánchez Castelblanco

| title=Que les caigan brasas de fuego (Sal 140,11) - Comentario exegético del salmo 140

|trans-title=Let burning flames come down on them (Psalm 140,11) - Exegetical commentary of Psalm 140

|date=July–December 2012

|journal=Franciscanum

| volume=54

| issue=158

| issn=0120-1468

| url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/4562216.pdf

|language=es

}}

• {{cite book

| author=Ellen T. Charry

| title=Psalms 1-50 (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)

| year=2015

| publisher=Brazos Press

| isbn=978-1-4934-0005-8| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3euiCgAAQBAJ&q=dharmakkan+dhanaraj&pg=PT45

}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhanaraj, Dharmakkan}}

Category:1950 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:Christian clergy from Karnataka

Category:Kannada people

Category:People from Tamil Nadu

Category:20th-century Christian clergy

Category:Indian Christian theologians

Category:Senate of Serampore College (University) alumni

Category:University of Hamburg alumni

Category:Osnabrück University alumni

Category:Church of South India clergy

Category:Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University)

Category:Old Testament scholars

Category:Indian biblical scholars

Category:Madurai Kamaraj University alumni