Abraham George Kallarakkal (born 1934) is an

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

Biblical scholar Biblical studies is the academic application of a set of diverse disciplines to the study of the Bible (the Old Testament and New Testament).''Introduction to Biblical Studies, Second Edition'' by Steve Moyise (Oct 27, 2004) pages 11–12 Fo ...

with major contribution to Old Testament research. Kallarakkal is well-versed in Hebrew and Peshitto and researched at the University of Hamburg under Klaus Koch and Manfried Dietrich. During 1963–1965, George pursued postgraduate studies in

leading to Master of Theology at one of the affiliated seminaries of the Senate of Serampore College (University). Abraham George was Professor of Old Testament at the

Orthodox Pazhaya Seminary The Orthodox Theological Seminary also known as Old Seminary (Pazhaya Seminari) is a seminary of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. It was founded in 1815 by Colonel John Munro with the help of the priest-monk Pulikkottil Joseph Ittoop Ramba ...

, an institution of the

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as the Malankara Church, is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in Devalokam, near Kottayam, India. The church serve ...

affiliated to the nation's firstUNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
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Senate of Serampore College The Senate of Serampore College (University) is located in Serampore in West Bengal, India. Serampore was granted the status of university in 1829, making it India's first institution to have the status of a university.Government of India, Mini ...

Writings

* 1973, ''The Peshitto Version of Daniel: A Comparison with the Massoretic Text, the Septuagint and Theodotion''Abraham George Kallarakkal, ''The Peshitto Version of Daniel: A Comparison with the Massoretic Text, the Septuagint and Theodotion'', 1973

/ref> * 1981, ''Prathyasakiranangal'' (in Malayalam),Abraham George Kallarakkal, ''Prathyasakiranangal'' (in Malayalam), Divyabodhanam, Kottayam, 1981.

/ref> * 1987, ''The Rays of Hope: An Introduction to the Old Testament'',Kallarakkal Abraham George, ''The Rays of Hope: An Introduction to the Old Testament'', Divyabodhanam, Kottayam, 1987

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kallarakkal, Abraham George Old Testament scholars Living people 1934 births Indian Christian theologians Malayalam-language writers Indian biblical scholars University of Hamburg alumni Senate of Serampore College (University) alumni Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University) Oriental Orthodox biblical scholars