Timotheas Hembrom
Timotheas Hembrom | |
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| Born | 31 July 1939 Kolkata, India |
| Died | 18 August 2020 (aged 81) |
| Education | L.Th./Santal Theological College, Benagaria, B. D./United Theological College, Bangalore, M. Th./United Theological College, Bangalore, D.Th./South Asia Theological Research Institute, Bangalore |
| Church | Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church/Church of North India |
| Ordained | 1985 by D. C. Gorai, Bishop - in - Kolkata, Church of North India |
| Writings | See section |
Congregations served | Osmond Memorial Church, Kolkata |
Offices held | Professor, Santal Theological College, Benagaria 1970-1971, Chera Theological College, Cherrapunji, 1973-1977, Bishop’s College, Calcutta 1977-, Gossner Theological College, Ranchi |
| Title | The Reverend Doctor |
Timotheas Hembrom (31 July 1939 – 18 August 2020) was an ordained Minister of the Church of North India and an Old Testament Scholar who taught at the Bishop's College, Kolkata, affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University). As a Biblical scholar, Hembrom was a member of the scholarly Society for Biblical Studies in India, with members from the Protestant, Orthodox, Catholic and Charismatic Church societies. He researched on Santali creation traditions and his work was first published in 1996 (reprinted in 2013) was simultaneously reviewed in the Indian Journal of Theology and the Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies.
Hembrom had been the editor of the Santali magazine, Jug-Sirijol published by the Santali Cultural and Literary Society, Kolkata in Roman script.