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 to 1951. Devaraj also taught in the

Andhra Christian Theological College Andhra Christian Theological College (ACTC) is a seminary in Telangana which was founded in 1964. It is affiliated with India's first university, the Senate of Serampore College (University) (a university under section 2(f) of the University G ...

,Andhra Christian Theological College Prospectus 1969. Printed by A. Nageswara Rao at Saraswathi Power Press, Rajahmundry. Rajahmundry .

Ravela Joseph Ravela Joseph (born 1937) is a Priest of the Protestant Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches ( STBC) with over 50 years of ecclesiastical ministry, much of which was into Spiritual formation, having taught at the Andhra Christian Theological C ...

who compiled a bibliography of original Christian writings in Telugu with the assistance of B. Suneel Bhanu under the aegis of the

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included books by B. E. Devaraj entitled ''A Commentary on First Corinthians (మొదటి కొరింథీ పత్రిక వ్యాఖ్యానము)'',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.

/ref> ''Good Friday (మoఛి శుక్రవారము)'',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. 3

/ref> and ''Love's Servant (ప్రెమదాసు)''.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. 4

/ref> The

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released the ''New Testament in Lambadi'' on 25 October 1999 in the presence''Sowing Circle, A Bulletin of the Bible Society of India'', Volume 15, Number 1, January–April 2000 (For Private Circulation), Bengaluru. pp.24-25. of G. Babu Rao, then Auxiliary Secretary,

G. D. V. Prasad G. D. V. Prasad is an Old Testament scholar and translator who was the Director of Translations at the Bible Society of India, Bangalore, from 1991 to 2010. Prasad is from the Diocese of Krishna-Godavari of the Church of South India. Spiritual ...

, Director - Translations of the

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, Central Office,

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and B. K. Pramanik, its General Secretary. Lazarus Lalsingh of ''Badao Banjara Phojer'' 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.

Contribution

* Books in

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

** 1949 - Religious Lessons ** 1956 - Good Friday (మoఛి శుక్రవారము) ** 1960 - Gospel of St. Mark in simplified Telugu ** 1967 - Love's Servant (ప్రెమదాసు). **1969 - History of the Church in India, ** 1973 - A Commentary on First Corinthians (మొదటి కొరింథీ పత్రిక వ్యాఖ్యానము) * Books in Lambadi (Translations) ** 1963 - Gospel According to St. Mark ** 1966 - Gospel According to St. Luke * Books in Lambadi (Translations with Special Titles) ** 1974 - Way of Hope, The Gospel According to St. Mark ** 1975 - Way of Peace, The Gospel according to St. Luke ** 1976 - Way of Life, The Gospel According to St. John

History and Studies

Devaraj attended the local S.P.G. School in

Nandyal Nandyal is a city and District headquarters of Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Nandyal mandal in Nandyal revenue division. Demographics In the 2011 census of India, Nandyal ...

and then graduated from the Noble College in Machilipatnam in 1920 where he took a B.A. He also studied for an M.A. at the Madras University in 1929, eventually became principal of a Training School in

. During 1946–1947, Devaraj attended a special courseThe United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. p.90.

/ref> at the United Theological College (Bangalore), United Theological College,

and was ordained as an Anglican Priest in 1948.

Reminisce

Talathoti Punnaiah who studied a 3-year theology course leading to Bachelor of Theology at the

, both at Rajahmundry and at Hyderabad from 1970-1973 recalls his association with B. E. Devaraj:

References

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