John Philipose is a

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Scholar who served as the Director of Translations at the

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during 1984-1991 succeeding M. P. John.G. D. V. Prasad, Chiranjivi J. Nirmal, ''Imaging the Word: A Twenty-First Century Perspective'', The Bible Society of India 1811-2011, Bible Society of India, Bangalore, 2000, (revised edition 2011), p.78.

/ref> Philipose was involved in various translations and revisions of the Bible into the many Indian languages and used to contribute to scholarly journals like

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Studies

After graduate studies in sciences from Madras Christian College, Tambaram leading to

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, John Philipose joined the

United Theological College, Bangalore United Theological College (UTC) is an Eccumenical Christian seminary founded in 1910 situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological University, the Senate of Seram ...

in 1955 to discern his avocation towards priesthood during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran and completed his studies in 1958 leading to the award of the graduate degree B.D. by the

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during the Registrarship of C. E. Abraham. He completed his MTh from Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey in 1970. For later studies, Philipose enrolled at the

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where he specialized in

leading to the award of

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by the University in 1975 under Professor Mathew Black.

Ecclesiastical ministry

Philipose was earlier Translations Consultant''Annual Report of the American Bible Society'', American Bible Society, 1975, pp.107-108.

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who was appointed during the tenure of C. Arangaden and was based in

. Philipose worked together with his Translation team across India consisting of M. P. John,

Victor Premasagar Victor Premasagar (1927–2005) was the fourth successor of Frank Whittaker as Bishop in Medak. He was an Indian churchman and Old Testament scholar who made major contributions to research on the Old Testament and to the field of theology. Prem ...

H. S. Wilson H. S. Wilson ''(born 1946)'' is Executive Director of Foundation for Theological Education in the Southeast Asia based in Philadelphia. Wilson is widely known in India for his contribution to theological education in India as Director (1980 thr ...

(Edited), ''The Church on the Move, Essays in honour of Victor Premasagar'', Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p.vi

/ref> G. Babu Rao, Basil Rebera and others. In the mid-eighties, Philipose was appointed as the Director, Translations at the

where he succeeded his colleague, M. P. John and held the post until 1991 till the appointment of the

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Scholar, G. D. V. Prasad.

Works

* * * * John Philipose, ''Kurios in Luke: A Diagnosis'' in

, Volumes 43-45, United Bible Societies, 1992, p.325.

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Translations

As a Translator, John Philipose translated some of the portions of the

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into

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along with

K. C. Abraham Kochakkan Chacko Abraham (20 January 1899 in Cochin, Kerala – 14 March 1986) was the Governor of Andhra Pradesh between 15 August 1978 – 15 August 1983. He belonged to the Indian National Congress. Early life He was born in Cochin, ...

and M. K. Cherian, * 1973, ''The resurrection of the Lord Jesus (in

)'', * 1975, ''The man you cannot ignore ... (in

)'', * 1976, ''The way of life : the Gospel according to Saint John (in

)'',John Philipose,

, M. K. Cherian (Translated), ''The way of life : the Gospel according to Saint John'', The Bible Society of India, Bangalore, 1976.

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References

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