A Grammar of the Tamil Language: With an Appendix

by Charles Theophilus Ewald Rhenius

Excerpt from A Grammar of the Tamil Language

following Grammar of the Tamil languag composed several years ago. I had found the matical works, previously published, defective in v respects, especially in regard to Syntax; and orig purposed to publish only a Treatise on Tamil cor tion; but having been advised by various frica whom I submitted the manuscript, to add the parts of Grammar and thus form at once a con work, I yielded to their advice.

608 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 2011

About the author

Charles Theophilus Ewald Rhenius (5 November 1790 – 5 June 1838) was a German-born missionary of the Church Mission Society (CMS). He was the first CMS missionary to arrive in India. For his missionary work in the Tirunelveli district, he came to be known as the "Apostle of Tirunelveli". He was involved in the attempt to revise the Fabricius version of the Tamil Bible and also published a Tamil grammar book. Rhenius’ split from the Anglican Church in 1830 and started his own congregation. Rhenius' work was recognized in 1980 by the Reverend Daniel Abraham, the then Church of South India (CSI) bishop of Tirunelveli diocese. Rhenius's work was given official recognition by the Anglican Communion during the Tirunelveli diocese bicentenary celebration in 1980, in which, all the bishops, including Anglican bishop Stephen Neill and all the presbyters, took an oath in front of the tomb of Rev Rhenius to follow the path of the resting soul, regard to evangelism.