Thomas Koonammakkal Explained
| Thomas Koonammakkal |
| Birth Place: | Ramapuram |
| Birth Name: | Thoma |
| Honorific Prefix: | Fr. Dr. |
Thomas Koonammakkal (Malayalam: കൂനമ്മാക്കൽ തോമാക്കത്തനാർ|Koonammakkal Thoma kathanar) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic priest and syriacist, scholar and church historian. He is an expert in Karshoni Malayalam and is the author of the most comprehensive Karshoni Malayalam introduction to date.[1] [2] [3] He has also authored several critical articles on Early Christianity and on the works of Saint Ephrem.[3] He holds a master's degree in Syriac studies and a doctorate from the University of Oxford. He served as the professor of Syriac and Patrology in SEERI, Vadavathoor Saint Thomas Apostolic Seminary and Paurastya Vidyapitham.[4] [5] He is the founder of Beth Aprem Nazrani Dayara and is a strong advocate of traditionalism in the Syro-Malabar Church.[6]
Selected publications
- The Theology of Divine Names in the Genuine Works of Ephrem (1991)
- Divine Names and Theological Language in Ephrem (in Studia Patristica, volume XXV, edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone, Peeters Publishers, 1993)
- St. Ephrem and Greek Wisdom (in IV Symposium Syriacum 1992 edited by René Lavenant, Pontificio Instituto Orientale, 1994)
- Ephrem on the Name of Jesus (in Studia Patristica, volume XXXIII, edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone, 1997)
- An Introduction to Malayalam Karshon (in The Harp, volume XV, 2002)
- Ephrem's Theology of Humour (in Studia Patristica, volume XLI, edited by Frances Margaret Young, Mark J. Edwards, Paul M. Parvis, 2006)
- Ephrem’s Ideas on Singleness (in Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, volume 2, no. 1, 2010).
- Fr. Emmanuel Thelly (in The Harp (Volume 21): Festschrift: Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Thelly, 2011)
- Syro-Malabar History and Traditions (in Orientalia Christiana: Festschrift für Hubert Kaufhold zum 70. Geburtstag, edited by Peter Bruns, Heinz Otto Luthe, 2013)
- The Passover celebration of the Mar Thoma Nazranis and the origins of Christianity in India (in Parole de l'Orient (volume 41), 2015)
- The Church in the Churches: a Syriac ecclesiology (2018)
- Ephrem on the Icon of Nature (in Edessa in hellenistisch-römischer Zeit, 2009)
- Karshon: Malayalam in Syriac characters (in The Harp, volume XXX, 2016)
- Problem of latinization : no exit? (2017)
- Acts of Thomas re-examined in the light of the Song of Thomâ Ramban (in The Harp, volume XXXIII, 2018)
- Ephrem's philosophy of theological language (in Parole de l'Orient (volume 46), 2020)
Notes and References
- Perczel . István . 2014 . Garshuni Malayalam: A Witness to an Early Stage of Indian Christian Literature . Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies . 17 . 2 . 265. 10.31826/hug-2015-170115 . 212688844 . István Perczel . free .
- Alumkal . S. . 2016 . The Influence of Social Media and the Increasing Awareness of Syriac Language and Traditions in Kerala. Symposium Syriacum 2016.
- Book: Shepardson, Christine. 2008 . Anti-Judaism and Christian Orthodoxy: Ephrem's Hymns in Fourth-century Syria (Patristic Monograph Series). 9780813215365 .
- Web site: Thomas Koonammakkal.
- Web site: Advisory committee of SEERI.
- Web site: The Christian Musicological Society of India.
